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fix: Resolve flags on demand instead of mutating App.Flags, remove NoGlobalFlags - #14

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App.Setup() appended GlobalFlags, HelpFlag and VersionFlag onto App.Flags, and Command.Run() likewise reassigned c.Flags. Mutating the user's own slice made the effective flag set depend on whether Setup() had run, and made repeated runs of the same App accumulate flags.

Introduce App.resolveFlags() and reuse Command.resolveFlags() to compute the effective set at the point of use, leaving App.Flags and Command.Flags as the caller wrote them.

Also removes Command.NoGlobalFlags: global flags are now resolved uniformly for every command.

Note that the help output now lists --version before the global flags and --help last, matching the new resolution order; the example tests are updated accordingly.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved flag handling for applications and commands to prevent inconsistent behavior.
    • Subcommands no longer expose or accept the version flag, while top-level version handling remains available.
    • Global and help flags are now applied consistently.
    • Updated help output to reflect corrected flag ordering and visibility.
  • Breaking Changes

    • Removed support for disabling global flags on individual commands.

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App and Command now resolve effective flags on demand. Stored flag slices are not mutated during setup or execution. Global, version, and help flags are consistently available to commands and help templates. Command.NoGlobalFlags was removed.

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Flag resolution and command behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Application flag resolution
app.go, app_test.go
App builds resolved flags from configured, version, global, and help flags. Runtime parsing and visible flag output use this set without mutating a.Flags. Subcommands omit the version flag, while the top-level app retains it.
Command flag resolution
command.go
Command always includes app global and help flags. Execution uses a local resolved slice, and nested apps retain command-local flags.
Help output contract
help.go, help_test.go
Command help always receives global flags. Tests remove the NoGlobalFlags exclusion case and update flag ordering.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 97b8b

The flag-resolution change avoids mutating caller-owned slices, but the current implementation still mishandles --version for nested applications and can carry subcommand mode into later reuse, causing incorrect version behavior. These bounded correctness issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant App.Run
  participant App.resolveFlags
  participant flagSet
  participant normalizeFlags
  App.Run->>App.resolveFlags: build effective application flags
  App.resolveFlags-->>App.Run: return version, global, and help flags
  App.Run->>flagSet: parse effective flags
  App.Run->>normalizeFlags: normalize effective flags
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In `@app.go`:
- Around line 463-464: Update RunAsSubcommand to invoke checkVersion after its
help handling, matching the ordering and behavior in App.Run, so nested
invocations of --version print the version and do not continue to the subcommand
action.
- Around line 462-468: Update App.resolveFlags in app.go and
Command.resolveFlags in command.go to prevent duplicate flag names or aliases
before passing flags to flagSet, either by rejecting or deduplicating them.
Ensure VersionFlag, GlobalFlags, and HelpFlag are checked, avoid collisions when
combining c.Flags with ctx.App.GlobalFlags, and preserve the NoGlobalFlags
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taran-p force-pushed the feat/flag-resolve branch from 82a8273 to aa6c94f Compare August 31, 2026 22:43
App.Setup() appended GlobalFlags, HelpFlag and VersionFlag onto App.Flags,
and Command.Run() likewise reassigned c.Flags. Mutating the user's own slice
made the effective flag set depend on whether Setup() had run, and made
repeated runs of the same App accumulate flags.

Introduce App.resolveFlags() and reuse Command.resolveFlags() to compute the
effective set at the point of use, leaving App.Flags and Command.Flags as
the caller wrote them.

Also removes Command.NoGlobalFlags: global flags are now resolved uniformly
for every command.

Note that the help output now lists --version before the global flags and
--help last, matching the new resolution order; the example tests are
updated accordingly.
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In `@app.go`:
- Line 313: Update RunAsSubcommand to save the existing runningAsSubcommand
value before setting it to true, then defer restoring that value so every return
path leaves the App state unchanged. Add a regression test that invokes
RunAsSubcommand followed by Run with --version and verifies the version flag
remains available.
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