Merge pull request #502 from kbknapp/v2.5.0

V2.5.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+<a name="v2.5.0"></a>
+## v2.5.0 (2016-05-10)
+
+
+#### Improvements
+
+* **SubCommand Aliases:**  adds feature to yaml configs too ([69592195](https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs/commit/695921954dde46dfd483399dcdef482c9dd7f34a))
+
+#### Features
+
+* **SubCommands:**  adds support for subcommand aliases ([66b4dea6](https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs/commit/66b4dea65c44d8f77ff522238a9237aed1bcab6d), closes [#469](https://github.com/kbknapp/clap-rs/issues/469))
+
+
 <a name="v2.4.3"></a>
 ### v2.4.3 (2016-05-10)
 

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.4.3"
+version = "2.5.0"
 authors = ["Kevin K. <kbknapp@gmail.com>"]
 exclude = ["examples/*", "clap-test/*", "tests/*", "benches/*", "*.png", "clap-perf/*", "*.dot"]
 description = "A simple to use, efficient, and full featured  Command Line Argument Parser"

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Created by [gh-md-toc](https://github.com/ekalinin/github-markdown-toc)
 
 ## What's New
 
+Here's what's new in v.2.5.0
+
+* Subcommands now support aliases - think of them as hidden subcommands that dispatch to said subcommand automatically
+
 Here's what's new in v2.4.3
 
 * Bug Fixes
@@ -499,7 +503,6 @@ The following graphic depicts `clap`s dependency graph (generated using [cargo-g
  * **Blue** Color: Dev dependency, only used while developing.
 
 ![clap dependencies](clap_dep_graph.png)
-
 ### More Information
 
 You can find complete documentation on the [github-pages site](http://kbknapp.github.io/clap-rs/clap/index.html) for this project.
@@ -508,11 +511,9 @@ You can also find usage examples in the [examples/](examples) directory of this
 
 #### Video Tutorials
 
-There's also the video tutorial series [Argument Parsing with Rust](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLza5oFLQGTl0Bc_EU_pBNcX-rhVqDTRxv) that I've been working on.
+There's also the video tutorial series [Argument Parsing with Rust](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLza5oFLQGTl0Bc_EU_pBNcX-rhVqDTRxv).
 
-*Note*: Two new videos have just been added ([08 From Usage](https://youtu.be/xc6VdedFrG0), and [09 Typed Values](https://youtu.be/mZn3C1DnD90)), if you're already familiar with `clap` but want to know more about these two details you can check out those videos without watching the previous few.
+**NOTE:** This series is getting out of date and needs to be updated
-
-*Note*: Apologies for the resolution of the first video, it will be updated to a better resolution soon. The other videos have a proper resolution.
 
 ## How to Contribute
 
@@ -527,7 +528,9 @@ Please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) before you start contribu
 If contributing, you can run the tests as follows (assuming you're in the `clap-rs` directory)
 
 ```
-$ cargo test && make -C clap-tests test
+$ cargo test
+
+# If your tests affect the YAML feature set
 $ cargo test --features yaml
 
 # Only on nightly compiler:

src/app/mod.rs

@@ -974,6 +974,13 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a Yaml> for App<'a, 'a> {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if let Some(v) = yaml["aliases"].as_vec() {
+            for ys in v {
+                if let Some(s) = ys.as_str() {
+                    a = a.alias(s);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         if let Some(v) = yaml["args"].as_vec() {
             for arg_yaml in v {
                 a = a.arg(Arg::from_yaml(&arg_yaml.as_hash().unwrap()));