feat(console): added command to generate man pages

src/console/console.v

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module console
 
 import arrays
 import strings
+import cli
+import os
 
 // pretty_table converts a list of string data into a pretty table. Many thanks
 // to @hungrybluedev in the Vlang Discord for providing this code!
@@ -54,3 +56,15 @@ pub fn pretty_table(header []string, data [][]string) ?string {
 
 	return buffer.str()
 }
+
+// export_man_pages recursively generates all man pages for the given
+// cli.Command & writes them to the given directory.
+pub fn export_man_pages(cmd cli.Command, path string) ? {
+	man := cmd.manpage()
+	os.write_file(os.join_path_single(path, cmd.full_name().replace(' ', '-') + '.1'),
+		man)?
+
+	for sub_cmd in cmd.commands {
+		export_man_pages(sub_cmd, path)?
+	}
+}

src/console/man/man.v

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module man
+
+import cli
+import console
+import os
+
+// cmd returns the cli submodule that handles generating man pages.
+pub fn cmd() cli.Command {
+	return cli.Command{
+		name: 'man'
+		description: 'Generate all man pages & save them in the given directory.'
+		usage: 'dir'
+		required_args: 1
+		execute: fn (cmd cli.Command) ? {
+			root := cmd.root()
+			os.mkdir_all(cmd.args[0])?
+
+			console.export_man_pages(root, cmd.args[0])?
+		}
+	}
+}

src/main.v

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import cli
 import console.git
 import console.logs
 import console.schedule
+import console.man
 import cron
 
 fn main() {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ fn main() {
 			cron.cmd(),
 			logs.cmd(),
 			schedule.cmd(),
+			man.cmd(),
 		]
 	}
 	app.setup()