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What changed?

Help text only. No behavior, flags, or defaults change.

Commands

  • project ci: Use now shows <path>. The Short and a new Long say that the directory itself is changed (development-only files removed, placeholders added, SBOM generated) and describe the dirty Git working-tree safety check outside CI and the --force override.
  • project dev: the Short mentions the terminal dashboard, which is what sets it apart from project dev start.
  • project validate, project fix, project format: new Long texts that say which code is covered (not vendor/) and whether files change. For project format, the Short names the formatters and the Long says which config each one uses.
  • extension validate: Use now shows <path>, and the new Long describes folder or ZIP input and Store-compliance behavior.
  • extension package: Use now shows <path> and the optional [branch]; the new Long describes the clean Git checkout behavior by default.

Flags

  • --only, --exclude, --no-copy, --format and --allow-non-git now read the same on the project and extension commands. The exception is extension validate, whose flags are left to feat!: deprecate full and make it default for extension validate #1618.
  • Corrections:
    • project ci --force bypasses the dirty Git working-tree check outside CI, including for untracked files.
    • --on-port-conflict=random saves the chosen ports.
    • --overwrite-app-backend-url replaces only scheme and host.
    • --release removes the secret for apps only.
    • --with-dev-dependencies refers to Composer.
  • Clearer wording for --verbose, --no-interaction, --no-update-hint and --dry-run, and for the other extension package flags.

Left alone: texts that carry deprecation notices (-e/--env, --project-config), --full, and the project deployment commands (not in release builds). The project ci Long no longer points to project deployment package archive.

Example (shopware-cli project --help):

Created with help from Claude, ChatGPT; output negotiated/refined/edited/questioned continuously prior to filing

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Clarified help for extension and project commands, including packaging options, validation scope, files affected by fixes and formatting, and CI safeguards.
    • Expanded flag descriptions for selecting or excluding tools, Git requirements, temporary-copy validation, port conflicts, and verbose output.
    • Clarified global options for detailed tool output, prompting behavior, and skipping update checks.

Rework the help texts of project ci, dev, validate, fix and format and of
extension validate and package so they match what the code does: which
code is covered, when files change, and what each flag really does.

- Align --only, --exclude, --no-copy, --format and --allow-non-git across
  the project and extension commands
- Add Long descriptions for project validate, fix and format, and for
  extension validate and package
- Fix inaccurate texts, e.g. --overwrite-app-backend-url, --check-against,
  --force (also blocks on untracked files) and --on-port-conflict (saves
  the chosen ports)
- Remove the project ci pointer to the unreleased deployment commands

Help texts that carry deprecation notices are left unchanged.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough

Help text and usage strings change across extension and project commands, including shared CLI flags. The descriptions clarify command scope, options, and documented behavior. The summaries report no command behavior changes.

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CLI Help Text

Layer / File(s) Summary
Extension code command help
cmd/extension/extension_fix.go, cmd/extension/extension_format.go, cmd/extension/extension_validate.go
Clarifies fixer and formatter selection, validation inputs, and Store-compliance options.
Extension package help
cmd/extension/extension_package.go
Documents package source selection, temporary build location, ZIP naming, and package options.
Project CI and development help
cmd/project/ci.go, cmd/project/project_dev.go
Describes CI command effects and restrictions, plus development dashboard and port-conflict options.
Project code command help
cmd/project/project_fix.go, cmd/project/project_format.go, cmd/project/project_validate.go
Clarifies project code scope, formatter and validator options, and validation copy behavior.
Worker and shared flag help
cmd/project/project_worker.go, cmd/root.go
Clarifies worker verbose output and shared persistent flag descriptions.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 10437

This PR only clarifies help text and does not change command behavior. One help sentence overstates that packaging leaves the extension folder unchanged, and project fix still rejects Git worktrees unless --allow-non-git is passed. Both are minor and can be handled as follow-ups.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 34573

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: cmd

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  • observed — cmd (service) was modified; 11 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in cmd/extension/extension_fix.go: Updated the help text for --only, --exclude, and --allow-non-git; flag names, defaults, and behavior are unchanged.
  • observed — Modified behavior in cmd/extension/extension_format.go: Updated the --only and --exclude flag descriptions. The exclusion description now specifies that excluded formatters must be in the --only list when --only is set.
  • observed — Modified behavior in cmd/project/ci.go: Updated the ci command’s usage and help text to describe production build effects, SBOM generation, and the documented outside-CI restriction for uncommitted changes or untracked files unless --force is passed. The command still requires exactly one argument.
  • observed — Modified behavior in cmd/project/ci.go: Clarified that --with-dev-dependencies includes Composer dev dependencies and that --force allows running outside CI despite uncommitted changes or untracked files; the previous descriptions referred more generally to development dependencies and only uncommitted changes.
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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description provides detailed information under "What changed?" but omits the required "Why?", "How was this tested?", and "Related issue or discussion" sections. Add the missing sections. Explain why the help text changes are needed, list the tests and commands run with their results, and reference the related issue or state that none exists.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: clarifying CLI command and flag help text.
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❌ Patch coverage is 96.42857% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 65.72%. Comparing base (56fc0f8) to head (33b9f63).
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Keep only the Use and a Long that holds before and after #1618, so this
PR doesn't conflict with #1618 or #1627.

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- Line 30: Update the help text in the Long field to explain that the default
ZIP filename includes either the available tag or supplied branch, while
retaining the existing fallback and --filename override descriptions.

Review comments at @cmd/extension/extension_validate.go:
- Line 24: In the Store-compliance path, clear the derived
`toolCfg.ValidationIgnores` list as well as
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cannot suppress compliance results.

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- Line 101: Update the Short description for the project development command to
qualify opening its terminal dashboard with “when run in a terminal,” matching
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clause unchanged.

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- Line 18: Update the Git-repository check in the project fix flow to use
Git-aware repository detection instead of requiring `.git` to be a directory, so
linked worktrees with a `.git` file pass without `--allow-non-git`.

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- Line 30: Update the Long description in the extension package command to say
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Use: "package path [branch]",
Use: "package <path> [branch]",
Short: "Build a distributable extension ZIP",
Long: "Build a ZIP of an extension. By default, files come from a clean Git checkout of the current tag or branch, so uncommitted changes are not included; use --disable-git to package the working copy. The build runs in a temporary folder and leaves the extension folder unchanged. The ZIP is named <name>-<tag-or-branch>.zip when a tag or branch is available, or <name>.zip otherwise, unless --filename is set.",

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid guaranteeing that the extension folder stays unchanged.

Configured shell hooks receive ORIGINAL_EXTENSION_DIR and can modify that folder. The statement is therefore too broad when such hooks are configured. Describe that packaging uses a temporary folder without guaranteeing that hooks leave the source unchanged.

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Update the Long description in the extension package command to say packaging
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extensionFixCmd.Flags().String("exclude", "", "Exclude fixers after applying --only (comma-separated, e.g. eslint,rector)")
extensionFixCmd.Flags().Bool("allow-non-git", false, "Allow running the fix command on non-git repositories")
extensionFixCmd.Flags().String("only", "", "Run only these fixers (comma-separated, e.g. eslint,rector)")
extensionFixCmd.Flags().String("exclude", "", "Skip these fixers; must be in the --only list if set (comma-separated, e.g. eslint,rector)")

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I will just share my experience as someone that has not worked with this command: the description reads as if I must use both flags at the same time e.g. "--only eslint,rector --exclude eslint" but this does not sound right :D

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I thought it works like that: I have a list of fixers, that will run. If I use --only I can specify which ones should run. The rest will not run.

If I use --exclude it will run all fixers except the specified ones.

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Adding this here as related shopware/docs#2547 (review)

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Looked at the corresponding PR (#1616)
and the flag descriptions provided there don't seem to be correct (at least, they don't match what the code actually does).

What the description claims is only true for extension validate. You can only exclude tools like this: extension validate . --only builtin,phpstan --exclude phpstan

I find this an odd user experience since I have to name every tool I want to exclude twice (once in only and then in exclude). 🤔

Since this seems to be a bigger topic and has nothing to do with this PR I will look deeper into it tomorrow and ask the team and prob. create an issue :)

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Anne (@Ant1gua) I agree it's not straightforward. But let's try to close out this issue for now.

Soner (@shyim) Could you please review the open comments here so we can get clear on current behavior, and then we can merge this PR while also giving Anne the context she needs for a potential next PR?

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extensionFormat.Flags().String("only", "", "Run only specific formatters by name (comma-separated, e.g. prettier,php-cs-fixer)")
extensionFormat.Flags().String("exclude", "", "Exclude formatters after applying --only (comma-separated, e.g. prettier,php-cs-fixer)")
extensionFormat.Flags().String("only", "", "Run only these formatters (comma-separated, e.g. prettier,php-cs-fixer)")
extensionFormat.Flags().String("exclude", "", "Skip these formatters; must be in the --only list if set (comma-separated, e.g. prettier,php-cs-fixer)")

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Here the same as above :)

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" ..." :)

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What does that mean? 😅

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It means "same as above"

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makes sense

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toolCfg.Extension.GetExtensionConfig().Validation.StoreCompliance = true
// The user is not allowed to provide a custom ignore list when store compliance is enabled
toolCfg.Extension.GetExtensionConfig().Validation.Ignore = extension.ConfigValidationList{}
toolCfg.ValidationIgnores = nil

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Anne (@Ant1gua) FYI I made the earlier edit in light of #1407 to start discouraging use of the flag early. If you want to pursue that task as part of this edit, that would be helpful.

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Two small things, I know we just talked about this PR in our daily but as I streamlined and unified a lot of things, I want to prevent things from becoming mixed again. Suggestions inline.

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Lena Forlin (@moshimorschi) Thank you for the catches. Idea: maybe you can make a quick guide for your recent improvements, so we can all refer to it (esp. as we get used to the "new norm"? We can place it in the repo as a doc file.

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