Add programatic defaults

Also fixed up a few spelling errors and mistypes, here and there. Got everything I could find.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Richard Littauer <richard.littauer@gmail.com>

cmd/ipfs/daemon.go

@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ future version, along with this notice. Please move to setting the HTTP Headers.
 	},
 
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption(initOptionKwd, "Initialize IPFS with default settings if not already initialized"),
-		cmds.StringOption(routingOptionKwd, "Overrides the routing option (dht, supernode)"),
-		cmds.BoolOption(mountKwd, "Mounts IPFS to the filesystem"),
-		cmds.BoolOption(writableKwd, "Enable writing objects (with POST, PUT and DELETE)"),
-		cmds.StringOption(ipfsMountKwd, "Path to the mountpoint for IPFS (if using --mount)"),
-		cmds.StringOption(ipnsMountKwd, "Path to the mountpoint for IPNS (if using --mount)"),
-		cmds.BoolOption(unrestrictedApiAccessKwd, "Allow API access to unlisted hashes"),
-		cmds.BoolOption(unencryptTransportKwd, "Disable transport encryption (for debugging protocols)"),
-		cmds.BoolOption(enableGCKwd, "Enable automatic periodic repo garbage collection"),
+		cmds.BoolOption(initOptionKwd, "Initialize IPFS with default settings if not already initialized").Default(false),
+		cmds.StringOption(routingOptionKwd, "Overrides the routing option (dht, supernode)").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(mountKwd, "Mounts IPFS to the filesystem").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(writableKwd, "Enable writing objects (with POST, PUT and DELETE)").Default(false),
+		cmds.StringOption(ipfsMountKwd, "Path to the mountpoint for IPFS (if using --mount)").Default("/ipfs"),
+		cmds.StringOption(ipnsMountKwd, "Path to the mountpoint for IPNS (if using --mount)").Default("/ipns"),
+		cmds.BoolOption(unrestrictedApiAccessKwd, "Allow API access to unlisted hashes").Default(true),
+		cmds.BoolOption(unencryptTransportKwd, "Disable transport encryption (for debugging protocols)").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(enableGCKwd, "Enable automatic periodic repo garbage collection").Default(false),
 
 		// TODO: add way to override addresses. tricky part: updating the config if also --init.
 		// cmds.StringOption(apiAddrKwd, "Address for the daemon rpc API (overrides config)"),

cmd/ipfs/init.go

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ at ~/.ipfs. To change the repo location, set the $IPFS_PATH environment variable
 	},
 
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.IntOption("bits", "b", fmt.Sprintf("Number of bits to use in the generated RSA private key (defaults to %d)", nBitsForKeypairDefault)),
-		cmds.BoolOption("force", "f", "Overwrite existing config (if it exists)."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("empty-repo", "e", "Don't add and pin help files to the local storage."),
+		cmds.IntOption("bits", "b", "Number of bits to use in the generated RSA private key").Default(fmt.Sprintf("%d", nBitsForKeypairDefault)),
+		cmds.BoolOption("force", "f", "Overwrite existing config (if it exists).").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("empty-repo", "e", "Don't add and pin help files to the local storage.").Default(false),
 
 		// TODO need to decide whether to expose the override as a file or a
 		// directory. That is: should we allow the user to also specify the

core/commands/active.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Lists running and recently run commands.
 		res.SetOutput(req.InvocContext().ReqLog.Report())
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("v", "verbose", "print more verbose output"),
+		cmds.BoolOption("v", "verbose", "print more verbose output").Default(false),
 	},
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
 		"clear":    clearInactiveCmd,

core/commands/add.go

@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ MerkleDAG.
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
 		cmds.OptionRecursivePath, // a builtin option that allows recursive paths (-r, --recursive)
-		cmds.BoolOption(quietOptionName, "q", "Write minimal output."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(silentOptionName, "Write no output."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(progressOptionName, "p", "Stream progress data."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(trickleOptionName, "t", "Use trickle-dag format for dag generation."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(onlyHashOptionName, "n", "Only chunk and hash - do not write to disk."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(wrapOptionName, "w", "Wrap files with a directory object."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(hiddenOptionName, "H", "Include files that are hidden. Only takes effect on recursive add."),
-		cmds.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm to use."),
-		cmds.BoolOption(pinOptionName, "Pin this object when adding.  Default: true."),
+		cmds.BoolOption(quietOptionName, "q", "Write minimal output.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(silentOptionName, "Write no output.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(progressOptionName, "p", "Stream progress data.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(trickleOptionName, "t", "Use trickle-dag format for dag generation.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(onlyHashOptionName, "n", "Only chunk and hash - do not write to disk.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(wrapOptionName, "w", "Wrap files with a directory object.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(hiddenOptionName, "H", "Include files that are hidden. Only takes effect on recursive add.").Default(false),
+		cmds.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm to use.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption(pinOptionName, "Pin this object when adding.").Default(true),
 	},
 	PreRun: func(req cmds.Request) error {
 		if quiet, _, _ := req.Option(quietOptionName).Bool(); quiet {

core/commands/bitswap.go

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var showWantlistCmd = &cmds.Command{
 Print out all blocks currently on the bitswap wantlist for the local peer.`,
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.StringOption("peer", "p", "Specify which peer to show wantlist for. Default: self."),
+		cmds.StringOption("peer", "p", "Specify which peer to show wantlist for.").Default("self"),
 	},
 	Type: KeyList{},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {

core/commands/bootstrap.go

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ in the bootstrap list).
 	},
 
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("default", "Add default bootstrap nodes."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("default", "Add default bootstrap nodes.").Default(false),
 	},
 
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ var bootstrapRemoveCmd = &cmds.Command{
 		cmds.StringArg("peer", false, true, peerOptionDesc).EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("all", "Remove all bootstrap peers."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("all", "Remove all bootstrap peers.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		input, err := config.ParseBootstrapPeers(req.Arguments())

core/commands/commands.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func CommandsCmd(root *cmds.Command) *cmds.Command {
 			ShortDescription: `Lists all available commands (and subcommands) and exits.`,
 		},
 		Options: []cmds.Option{
-			cmds.BoolOption(flagsOptionName, "f", "Show command flags"),
+			cmds.BoolOption(flagsOptionName, "f", "Show command flags").Default(false),
 		},
 		Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 			showOptions, _, _ := req.Option(flagsOptionName).Bool()

core/commands/config.go

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Set the value of the 'datastore.path' key:
 		cmds.StringArg("value", false, false, "The value to set the config entry to."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("bool", "Set a boolean value. Default: false."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("json", "Parse stringified JSON. Default: false."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("bool", "Set a boolean value.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("json", "Parse stringified JSON.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		args := req.Arguments()

core/commands/dht.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var queryDhtCmd = &cmds.Command{
 		cmds.StringArg("peerID", true, true, "The peerID to run the query against."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ FindProviders will return a list of peers who are able to provide the value requ
 		cmds.StringArg("key", true, true, "The key to find providers for."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ GetValue will return the value stored in the DHT at the given key.
 		cmds.StringArg("key", true, true, "The key to find a value for."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ PutValue will store the given key value pair in the DHT.
 		cmds.StringArg("value", true, false, "The value to store.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("verbose", "v", "Write extra information.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()

core/commands/diag.go

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ type DiagnosticConnection struct {
 var (
 	visD3   = "d3"
 	visDot  = "dot"
-	visFmts = []string{visD3, visDot}
+	visText = "text"
+	visFmts = []string{visD3, visDot, visText}
 )
 
 type DiagnosticPeer struct {
@@ -66,8 +67,8 @@ timeout. If the timeout is too small, some peers may not be reached.
 The default timeout is 20 seconds.
 
 The 'vis' option may be used to change the output format.
-Four formats are supported:
- * plain text - Easy to read. Default.
+Three formats are supported:
+ * text - Easy to read. Default.
  * d3 - json ready to be fed into d3view
  * dot - graphviz format
 
@@ -81,13 +82,13 @@ open the following link:
 
 	http://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmbesKpGyQGd5jtJFUGEB1ByPjNFpukhnKZDnkfxUiKn38/chord#<your hash>
 
-The dot format can be fed into graphviz and other programs
+The 'dot' format can be fed into graphviz and other programs
 that consume the dot format to generate graphs of the network.
 `,
 	},
 
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.StringOption("vis", "Output vis. One of: "+strings.Join(visFmts, ", ")),
+		cmds.StringOption("vis", "Output format. One of: "+strings.Join(visFmts, ", ")).Default("text"),
 	},
 
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {

core/commands/dns.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The resolver can recursively resolve:
 		cmds.StringArg("domain-name", true, false, "The domain-name name to resolve.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("recursive", "r", "Resolve until the result is not a DNS link. Default: false."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("recursive", "r", "Resolve until the result is not a DNS link.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 

core/commands/external.go

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func ExternalBinary() *cmds.Command {
 					if arg == "--help" || arg == "-h" {
 						buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 						fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%s is an 'external' command.\n", binname)
-						fmt.Fprintf(buf, "it does not currently appear to be installed.\n")
-						fmt.Fprintf(buf, "please refer to the ipfs documentation for instructions\n")
+						fmt.Fprintf(buf, "It does not currently appear to be installed.\n")
+						fmt.Fprintf(buf, "Please refer to the ipfs documentation for instructions.\n")
 						res.SetOutput(buf)
 						return
 					}

core/commands/files/files.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ on the files in question, then data may be lost. This also applies to running
 `,
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("f", "flush", "Flush target and ancestors after write. Default: true."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("f", "flush", "Flush target and ancestors after write.").Default(true),
 	},
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
 		"read":  FilesReadCmd,
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ Examples:
 `,
 	},
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
-		cmds.StringArg("path", false, false, "Path to show listing for. Defaults to '/'."),
+		cmds.StringArg("path", false, false, "Path to show listing for.").Default('/'),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("l", "Use long listing format."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("l", "Use long listing format.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		var arg string
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Examples:
 		cmds.StringArg("path", true, false, "Path to file to be read."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.IntOption("o", "offset", "Byte offset to begin reading from."),
+		cmds.IntOption("o", "offset", "Byte offset to begin reading from.").Default(false),
 		cmds.IntOption("n", "count", "Maximum number of bytes to read."),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
@@ -516,9 +516,9 @@ Warning:
 		cmds.FileArg("data", true, false, "Data to write.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.IntOption("o", "offset", "Byte offset to begin writing at."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("e", "create", "Create the file if it does not exist."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("t", "truncate", "Truncate the file to size zero before writing."),
+		cmds.IntOption("o", "offset", "Byte offset to begin writing at.").Default(0),
+		cmds.BoolOption("e", "create", "Create the file if it does not exist.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("t", "truncate", "Truncate the file to size zero before writing.").Default(false),
 		cmds.IntOption("n", "count", "Maximum number of bytes to read."),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ Examples:
 		cmds.StringArg("path", true, false, "Path to dir to make."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("p", "parents", "No error if existing, make parent directories as needed."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("p", "parents", "No error if existing, make parent directories as needed.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ are run with the '--flush=false'.
 `,
 	},
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
-		cmds.StringArg("path", false, false, "Path to flush. Default: '/'."),
+		cmds.StringArg("path", false, false, "Path to flush.").Default("/"),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		nd, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ Remove files or directories.
 		cmds.StringArg("path", true, true, "File to remove."),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("r", "recursive", "Recursively remove directories."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("r", "recursive", "Recursively remove directories.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		nd, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()

core/commands/get.go

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ may also specify the level of compression by specifying '-l=<1-9>'.
 		cmds.StringArg("ipfs-path", true, false, "The path to the IPFS object(s) to be outputted.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.StringOption("output", "o", "The path where the output should be stored."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("archive", "a", "Output a TAR archive. Default: false."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("compress", "C", "Compress the output with GZIP compression. Default: false."),
-		cmds.IntOption("compression-level", "l", "The level of compression (1-9). Default: -1."),
+		cmds.StringOption("output", "o", "The path where the output should be stored.").Default("'./<ipfs-path>'"),
+		cmds.BoolOption("archive", "a", "Output a TAR archive.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("compress", "C", "Compress the output with GZIP compression.").Default(false),
+		cmds.IntOption("compression-level", "l", "The level of compression (1-9).").Default(-1),
 	},
 	PreRun: func(req cmds.Request) error {
 		_, err := getCompressOptions(req)

core/commands/ipns.go

@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ Resolve the value of another name:
 	},
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
-		cmds.StringArg("name", false, false, "The IPNS name to resolve. Defaults to your node's peerID.").EnableStdin(),
+		cmds.StringArg("name", false, false, "The IPNS name to resolve.").EnableStdin().Default("your node's peerID"),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("recursive", "r", "Resolve until the result is not an IPNS name."),
-		cmds.BoolOption("nocache", "n", "Do not used cached entries."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("recursive", "r", "Resolve until the result is not an IPNS name.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("nocache", "n", "Do not use cached entries.").Default(false),
+		cmds.BoolOption("local", "l", "Use only local entires").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 

core/commands/ls.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Displays the links an IPFS or IPNS object(s) contains, with the following format
 		cmds.StringArg("ipfs-path", true, true, "The path to the IPFS object(s) to list links from.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name)."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name).").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		node, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()

core/commands/mount_unix.go

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ baz
 `,
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.StringOption("ipfs-path", "f", "The path where IPFS should be mounted."),
-		cmds.StringOption("ipns-path", "n", "The path where IPNS should be mounted."),
+		cmds.StringOption("ipfs-path", "f", "The path where IPFS should be mounted.").Default("'/ipfs'"),
+		cmds.StringOption("ipns-path", "n", "The path where IPNS should be mounted.").Default("'/ipns'"),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		cfg, err := req.InvocContext().GetConfig()

core/commands/object/object.go

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ multihash.
 		cmds.StringArg("key", true, false, "Key of the object to retrieve, in base58-encoded multihash format.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name)."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name).").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ And then run:
 		cmds.FileArg("data", true, false, "Data to be stored as a DAG object.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.StringOption("inputenc", "Encoding type of input data, either \"protobuf\" or \"json\"."),
+		cmds.StringOption("inputenc", "Encoding type of input data. One of: protobuf, json.").Default("json"),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ Available templates:
 `,
 	},
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
-		cmds.StringArg("template", false, false, "Template to use. Optional."),
+		cmds.StringArg("template", false, false, "Template to use."),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		n, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()

core/commands/object/patch.go

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ a file containing 'bar', and returns the hash of the new object.
 `,
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("p", "create", "Create intermediary nodes."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("p", "create", "Create intermediary nodes.").Default(false),
 	},
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
 		cmds.StringArg("root", true, false, "The hash of the node to modify."),