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Summary

  • preserve detached negative values for required flags without default_missing
  • require allow_negative_numbers when default_missing makes a detached negative ambiguous
  • report an earlier required flag's missing value before processing a later recognized option
  • keep attached short-bundle continuations and flag overrides working
  • refresh generated mise docs after merging the current main renderer changes

Closes #1316.

Testing

  • cargo test -p usage-lib --all-features
  • mise run ci
  • mise run render
  • generated-tree clean check

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved command-line parsing so missing flag values are correctly reported when another flag follows.
    • Clarified missing-value errors by identifying the flag awaiting a value and the following token.
    • Preserved support for attached values in grouped short-flag bundles.
    • Negative-number tokens are now accepted as values when appropriate, while remaining separate for flags with default values.
  • Documentation

    • Removed obsolete, deprecated, and internal commands from the generated CLI reference.
    • Updated command usage documentation to reflect the current CLI surface.

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Walkthrough

The parser now reports pending flag values as missing before later flag-like tokens. It preserves attached short-bundle continuations and handles detached negative numbers according to default_missing and allow_negative_numbers. Obsolete CLI command documentation was removed.

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Pending flag value handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pending-value detection and error rendering
lib/src/parse.rs
The parser reports an earlier pending value before processing a later long or short flag. Attached short-bundle continuations remain eligible as values. Negative-number handling follows the flag settings. Missing-value errors use a shared renderer.
Flag-like value regression coverage
lib/src/parse.rs
Tests cover pending values before later flags, detached negative values, explicit allow_negative_numbers, and hyphen-prefixed short-flag input.
Obsolete CLI documentation removal
examples/docs/MISE_INLINE.md, examples/docs/MISE_MULTI.md
Generated usage references remove obsolete, deprecated, superseded, and internal command sections.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to aa997

The parser now supports detached negative flag values in one path, but external-subcommand handling can still consume -1 before it is assigned as a flag value, causing documented parsing behavior to fail in that configuration. The change is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness and a follow-up fix or regression test.

Suggested reviewers: jambalaya56562

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A rabbit checked each flag in line
And found the value missing in time
Short bundles kept their paths attached
Negative numbers matched the flags
Old command pages hopped away

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The changes in lib/src/parse.rs are in scope, but both documentation files remove multiple obsolete and internal CLI command sections unrelated to issue #1316. Remove the unrelated documentation changes from this pull request, or provide a linked issue that requires the CLI documentation updates.
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The parsing changes satisfy issue #1316. Flags without default_missing can consume detached negative values, while flags with default_missing require explicit allow_negative_numbers=#true``. The r…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 87.50% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 1 files.
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main parser fix: handling negative values with default_missing. It is concise and directly related to the primary code changes.
Full details: Linked Issues check

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The parsing changes satisfy issue #1316. Flags without default_missing can consume detached negative values, while flags with default_missing require explicit allow_negative_numbers=#true``. The reported --apps, `--jobs`, and `--kids` behaviors are covered by the stated regression tests.


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In `@lib/src/parse.rs`:
- Around line 2074-2077: Update the pending-flag handling around enable_flags
and drain_pending_flag_values so a detached flag-like token closes or reports
the earlier flag_awaiting_value before starting a later flag, preventing one
subsequent value from binding to both flags. Preserve normal
attached-continuation behavior and add regression coverage for “--apps --jobs 1”
and “--apps --kids -1”, ensuring the earlier flag reports a missing value.
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Instruction counts

benchmark trend instructions Δ wall (min) Δ
markdown ▄▆▆▇█▅▆▆▁▂▁▂▃▃▂▃▃▃ 337,014,810 → 337,163,368 +0.04% 28.71 → 28.55ms -0.59%
startup ▄▃▃▃▄▁▁▁▃▃▃▃██████ 910,425 → 910,360 -0.01% 0.83 → 0.92ms +9.71%

No instruction-count regression above 1%.

Only instruction counts gate. Wall clock is shown for context — on identical hardware it moves 4-20% run to run.

Measured by tak — instruction-counted CLI benchmarks, stored in this repository's git notes.

Shadow comparison

Parsing mise use -g node@20 against a shadow of mise's committed spec.
Reported, not gated: the shadow grows as the derive learns to express more, so
what to watch is the ratio rather than either column.

framework stripped binary, bytes
usage 1321264
bpaf 2493280
clap 3101832
framework instructions, cold parse vs usage
usage 8309
clap 6315556 760x
bpaf 21908997 2636x
                                              min       p01       p10    median
usage-rs: argv -> struct                      403       411       415       421  ns
clap: build tree + parse -> struct         525410    526124    531663    553640  ns
bpaf: build parser + parse -> struct      1685868   1685868   1697411   1717064  ns

usage: argv -> struct                             449 ns      0.45 µs
clap: build tree + parse -> struct             539469 ns    539.47 µs
clap: parse -> struct, tree reused              23931 ns     23.93 µs
clap: build tree only                          337221 ns    337.22 µs

aa99784c2650 vs d1edd88aaaa0 · measured on the runner, not pushed to the history.

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2086-2089: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve detached negative values for flags without default_missing.

This condition now rejects every detached flag-like token, including -1. For a flag without default_missing, --apps -1 no longer binds -1 as the flag value and fails with unexpected word: -1.

Keep the detached-negative exception when the pending flag has no default_missing. Keep the explicit allow_negative_numbers check for flags that use default_missing. Update Lines 9220-9225 to expect success for --apps -1 and rejection for --jobs -1.

Proposed fix
-            && (attached_continuation || !is_flag_like(&w))
+            && (attached_continuation
+                || !is_flag_like(&w)
+                || (is_negative_number(&w)
+                    && flag_awaiting_value
+                        .last()
+                        .is_some_and(|flag| flag.default_missing.is_none())))
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In `@lib/src/parse.rs` around lines 2086 - 2089, Update the pending-flag condition
in the parser to preserve detached negative values such as -1 when the flag has
no default_missing, while retaining the explicit allow_negative_numbers
validation for flags that do use default_missing. Adjust the tests around the
relevant flag parsing cases so --apps -1 succeeds and --jobs -1 remains
rejected.
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In `@lib/src/parse.rs`:
- Around line 2086-2089: Update the pending-flag condition in the parser to
preserve detached negative values such as -1 when the flag has no
default_missing, while retaining the explicit allow_negative_numbers validation
for flags that do use default_missing. Adjust the tests around the relevant flag
parsing cases so --apps -1 succeeds and --jobs -1 remains rejected.

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Addressed the follow-up review in aa99784: detached negative values now remain valid for required flags without default_missing; default_missing flags still require allow_negative_numbers. The regression now verifies --apps -1 succeeds, --jobs -1 fails, and --kids -1 succeeds. I also documented the new missing-value helper. The full usage-lib all-features suite passes (759 tests).\n\n_This comment was generated by Codex._

@jdx jdx changed the title fix(parse): require opt-in for negative flag values fix(parse): handle negative values with default_missing Aug 25, 2026

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In `@lib/src/parse.rs`:
- Around line 2088-2094: Update phase 1’s next-token consumption logic to use
the same negative-number value-eligibility rule as phase 2, allowing detached
negative values when the pending flag’s default_missing is None regardless of
allow_negative_numbers. Ensure external_subcommand processing does not drain
such values before binding them, and add a regression test covering --apps -1
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&& (attached_continuation
|| !is_flag_like(&w)
|| (is_negative_number(&w)
&& out
.flag_awaiting_value
.last()
.is_some_and(|flag| flag.default_missing.is_none())))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep phase 1 consistent with detached negative values.

Phase 2 now accepts --apps -1 when the pending flag has no default_missing. Phase 1 still consumes a flag-like next token only when allow_negative_numbers is enabled at Lines 1446-1448. With external_subcommand enabled, -1 can be drained as an external command before phase 2 binds it. The documented --apps -1 behavior then fails. Use the same value-eligibility rule in both phases and add an external-subcommand regression.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@lib/src/parse.rs` around lines 2088 - 2094, Update phase 1’s next-token
consumption logic to use the same negative-number value-eligibility rule as
phase 2, allowing detached negative values when the pending flag’s
default_missing is None regardless of allow_negative_numbers. Ensure
external_subcommand processing does not drain such values before binding them,
and add a regression test covering --apps -1 with external_subcommand enabled.

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The final phase-1 consistency finding is addressed in follow-up PR #1318. It centralizes detached-value eligibility across both parse phases and adds the external_subcommand regression for --apps -1. The original PR merged while that patch was being validated.\n\n_This comment was generated by Codex._

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