clap/examples/git_derive.md
Ed Page 32b5520ff1 docs: Call out features used in root examples
mitsuhiko immediately jumped into the examples and got tripped up by the
lack of documentation on feature flags needed.

I limited this to just the root ones because the rest are in a more
proper tutorial that steps through it all.
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*Jump to [source](git_derive.rs)*
**This requires enabling the `derive` feature flag.**
Git is an example of several common subcommand patterns.
Help:
```bash
$ git_derive
? failed
git
A fictional versioning CLI
USAGE:
git_derive[EXE] <SUBCOMMAND>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
SUBCOMMANDS:
add adds things
clone Clones repos
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
push pushes things
$ git_derive help
git
A fictional versioning CLI
USAGE:
git_derive[EXE] <SUBCOMMAND>
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
SUBCOMMANDS:
add adds things
clone Clones repos
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
push pushes things
$ git_derive help add
git_derive[EXE]-add
adds things
USAGE:
git_derive[EXE] add <PATH>...
ARGS:
<PATH>... Stuff to add
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
```
A basic argument:
```bash
$ git_derive add
? failed
git_derive[EXE]-add
adds things
USAGE:
git_derive[EXE] add <PATH>...
ARGS:
<PATH>... Stuff to add
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Print help information
$ git_derive add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock
Adding ["Cargo.toml", "Cargo.lock"]
```
External subcommands:
```bash
$ git_derive custom-tool arg1 --foo bar
Calling out to "custom-tool" with ["arg1", "--foo", "bar"]
```