Normalize --name and --type flags on workflow commands

temporalcli/commands.go

@@ -499,6 +499,15 @@ func writeEnvConfigFile(file string, env map[string]map[string]string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func aliasNormalizer(aliases map[string]string) func(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
+	return func(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
+		if actual := aliases[name]; actual != "" {
+			name = actual
+		}
+		return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
+	}
+}
+
 func newNopLogger() *slog.Logger { return slog.New(discardLogHandler{}) }
 
 type discardLogHandler struct{}

temporalcli/commands.workflow.go

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (c *TemporalWorkflowDeleteCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, args []string)
 
 func (c *TemporalWorkflowQueryCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, args []string) error {
 	return queryHelper(cctx, c.Parent, c.PayloadInputOptions,
-		c.Type, c.RejectCondition, c.WorkflowReferenceOptions)
+		c.Name, c.RejectCondition, c.WorkflowReferenceOptions)
 }
 
 func (c *TemporalWorkflowSignalCommand) run(cctx *CommandContext, args []string) error {

temporalcli/commands.workflow_exec_test.go

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ func (s *SharedServerSuite) TestWorkflow_Start_SimpleSuccess() {
 		"-o", "json",
 		"--address", s.Address(),
 		"--task-queue", s.Worker().Options.TaskQueue,
-		"--type", "DevWorkflow",
+		// Use --name here to make sure the alias works
+		"--name", "DevWorkflow",
 		"--workflow-id", "my-id2",
 	)
 	s.NoError(res.Err)

temporalcli/commands.workflow_test.go

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ func (s *SharedServerSuite) testSignalBatchWorkflow(json bool) *CommandResult {
 		"workflow", "signal",
 		"--address", s.Address(),
 		"--query", "CustomKeywordField = '" + searchAttr + "'",
-		"--name", "my-signal",
+		// Use --type here to make sure the alias works
+		"--type", "my-signal",
 		"-i", `{"key": "val"}`,
 	}
 	if json {
@@ -421,12 +422,15 @@ func (s *SharedServerSuite) TestWorkflow_Update() {
 	}()
 
 	// successful update, should show the result
-	res := s.Execute("workflow", "update", "--address", s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
+	res := s.Execute("workflow", "update", "--address", s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(),
+		"--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input))
 	s.NoError(res.Err)
 	s.Contains(res.Stdout.String(), strconv.Itoa(input))
 
 	// successful update passing first-execution-run-id
-	res = s.Execute("workflow", "update", "--address", s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(), "--name", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input), "--first-execution-run-id", run.GetRunID())
+	res = s.Execute("workflow", "update", "--address", s.Address(), "-w", run.GetID(),
+		// Use --type here to make sure the alias works
+		"--type", updateName, "-i", strconv.Itoa(input), "--first-execution-run-id", run.GetRunID())
 	s.NoError(res.Err)
 
 	// successful update passing update-id
@@ -556,7 +560,7 @@ func (s *SharedServerSuite) testQueryWorkflow(json bool) {
 		"workflow", "query",
 		"--address", s.Address(),
 		"-w", run.GetID(),
-		"--type", "my-query",
+		"--name", "my-query",
 		"-i", `"hi"`,
 	}
 	if json {
@@ -580,6 +584,7 @@ func (s *SharedServerSuite) testQueryWorkflow(json bool) {
 		"workflow", "query",
 		"--address", s.Address(),
 		"-w", run.GetID(),
+		// Use --type here to make sure the alias works
 		"--type", "my-query",
 		"-i", `"hi"`,
 		"--reject-condition", "not_open",

temporalcli/commandsmd/code.go

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ func (c *Command) writeCode(w *codeWriter) error {
 		// If there are subcommands, this needs to be persistent flags
 		flagVar = "s.Command.PersistentFlags()"
 	}
+	var flagAliases [][]string
 	for _, optSet := range c.OptionsSets {
 		// If there's a name, this is done in the method
 		if optSet.SetName != "" {
@@ -218,6 +219,20 @@ func (c *Command) writeCode(w *codeWriter) error {
 		if err := optSet.writeFlagBuilding("s", flagVar, w); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed building option flags: %w", err)
 		}
+		for _, opt := range optSet.Options {
+			for _, alias := range opt.Aliases {
+				flagAliases = append(flagAliases, []string{alias, opt.Name})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Generate normalize
+	if len(flagAliases) > 0 {
+		sort.Slice(flagAliases, func(i, j int) bool { return flagAliases[i][0] < flagAliases[j][0] })
+		w.writeLinef("%v.SetNormalizeFunc(aliasNormalizer(map[string]string{", flagVar)
+		for _, aliases := range flagAliases {
+			w.writeLinef("%q: %q,", aliases[0], aliases[1])
+		}
+		w.writeLinef("}))")
 	}
 	// If there are no subcommands, we need a run function
 	if len(subCommands) == 0 {
@@ -339,17 +354,25 @@ func (c *CommandOption) writeFlagBuilding(selfVar, flagVar string, w *codeWriter
 	if len(c.EnumValues) > 0 {
 		desc += fmt.Sprintf(" Accepted values: %s.", strings.Join(c.EnumValues, ", "))
 	}
+	// If required, append to desc
+	if c.Required {
+		desc += " Required."
+	}
+	// If there are aliases, append to desc
+	for _, alias := range c.Aliases {
+		desc += fmt.Sprintf(` Aliased as "--%v".`, alias)
+	}
 
 	if setDefault != "" {
 		// set default before calling Var so that it stores thedefault value into the flag
 		w.writeLinef("%v.%v = %v", selfVar, c.fieldName(), setDefault)
 	}
-	if c.Alias == "" {
+	if c.Shorthand == "" {
 		w.writeLinef("%v.%v(&%v.%v, %q%v, %q)",
 			flagVar, flagMeth, selfVar, c.fieldName(), c.Name, defaultLit, desc)
 	} else {
 		w.writeLinef("%v.%vP(&%v.%v, %q, %q%v, %q)",
-			flagVar, flagMeth, selfVar, c.fieldName(), c.Name, c.Alias, defaultLit, desc)
+			flagVar, flagMeth, selfVar, c.fieldName(), c.Name, c.Shorthand, defaultLit, desc)
 	}
 	if c.Required {
 		w.writeLinef("_ = %v.MarkFlagRequired(%v, %q)", w.importCobra(), flagVar, c.Name)

temporalcli/commandsmd/commands.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This document has a specific structure used by a parser. Here are the rules:
         * `Default: <default-value>.` - Sets the default value of the option. No default means zero value of the type.
         * `Options: <option>, <option>.` - Sets the possible options for a string enum type.
         * `Env: <env-var>.` - Binds the environment variable to this flag.
+        * ``Alias: `--<alias>`.`` - Sets a flag as an alias of this one. The flag should not be separately defined.
       * Options should be in order of most commonly used.
     * Also can have single lines below options that say
       `Includes options set for [<options-set-name>](#options-set-for-<options-set-link-name>).` which is the equivalent
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ Use the options listed below to change the command's behavior.
 
 #### Options
 
-* `--type` (string) - Query Type/Name. Required.
+* `--name` (string) - Query Type/Name. Required. Alias: `--type`.
 * `--reject-condition` (string-enum) - Optional flag for rejecting Queries based on Workflow state.
   Options: not_open, not_completed_cleanly.
 
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ Use the options listed below to change the command's behavior.
 
 #### Options
 
-* `--name` (string) - Signal Name. Required.
+* `--name` (string) - Signal Name. Required. Alias: `--type`.
 
 Includes options set for [payload input](#options-set-for-payload-input).
 
@@ -1000,7 +1001,7 @@ temporal workflow start \
 #### Options set for shared workflow start:
 
 * `--workflow-id`, `-w` (string) - Workflow Id.
-* `--type` (string) - Workflow Type name. Required.
+* `--type` (string) - Workflow Type name. Required. Alias: `--name`.
 * `--task-queue`, `-t` (string) - Workflow Task queue. Required.
 * `--run-timeout` (duration) - Timeout of a Workflow Run.
 * `--execution-timeout` (duration) - Timeout for a WorkflowExecution, including retries and ContinueAsNew tasks.
@@ -1087,7 +1088,7 @@ Use the options listed below to change the command's behavior.
 
 #### Options
 
-* `--name` (string) - Update Name. Required.
+* `--name` (string) - Update Name. Required. Alias: `--type`.
 * `--workflow-id`, `-w` (string) - Workflow Id. Required.
 * `--update-id` (string) - Update ID. If unset, default to a UUID.
 * `--run-id`, `-r` (string) - Run Id. If unset, the currently running Workflow Execution receives the Update.

temporalcli/commandsmd/parse.go

@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ type CommandOptions struct {
 
 type CommandOption struct {
 	Name         string
-	Alias        string
+	Shorthand    string
 	DataType     string
 	Desc         string
 	Required     bool
 	DefaultValue string
 	EnumValues   []string
 	EnvVar       string
+	Aliases      []string
 }
 
 func ParseMarkdownCommands() ([]*Command, error) {
@@ -229,16 +230,16 @@ func (c *CommandOption) parseBulletLine(bullet string) error {
 	c.Name = strings.TrimPrefix(bullet[:tickEnd], "--")
 	bullet = strings.TrimSpace(bullet[tickEnd+1:])
 
-	// Alias
+	// Shorthand
 	if strings.HasPrefix(bullet, ", `") {
 		bullet = strings.TrimPrefix(bullet, ", `")
 		tickEnd = strings.Index(bullet, "`")
 		if tickEnd == -1 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("missing ending backtick")
 		} else if !strings.HasPrefix(bullet, "-") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("option alias %q does not have leading '-'", bullet[:tickEnd])
+			return fmt.Errorf("option shorthand %q does not have leading '-'", bullet[:tickEnd])
 		}
-		c.Alias = strings.TrimPrefix(bullet[:tickEnd], "-")
+		c.Shorthand = strings.TrimPrefix(bullet[:tickEnd], "-")
 		bullet = strings.TrimSpace(bullet[tickEnd+1:])
 	}
 
@@ -276,6 +277,8 @@ func (c *CommandOption) parseBulletLine(bullet string) error {
 			c.EnumValues = strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(lastSentence, "Options: "), ", ")
 		case strings.HasPrefix(lastSentence, "Env: "):
 			c.EnvVar = strings.TrimPrefix(lastSentence, "Env: ")
+		case strings.HasPrefix(lastSentence, "Alias: `--"):
+			c.Aliases = append(c.Aliases, strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(lastSentence, "Alias: `--"), "`"))
 		default:
 			return nil
 		}