app.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (a *App) list(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	arr := &input.Array{}
-	arr.SetArgument("command_name", value.New(CommandList))
+	arr.SetArgument(ArgumentCommandName, value.New(CommandList))
 	in := input.Chain(arr, a.in)
 
 	return Run(ctx, cmd, in, a.out)

command_test.go

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func Command() *console.Command {
 					option.String("string", "array string", option.Array),
 					option.Bool("bool", "test bool option"),
 					option.Duration("duration", "test duration with default", option.Default(time.Second)),
+					option.Time("hidden", "hidden time", option.Default(time.Second), option.Hidden),
 				)
 
 			return nil

console.go

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ const (
 	verboseInfo  = 1
 )
 
+const (
+	OptionHelp    = "help"
+	OptionVersion = "version"
+	OptionAnsi    = "ansi"
+	OptionNoAnsi  = "no-ansi"
+	OptionQuiet   = "quiet"
+	OptionVerbose = "verbose"
+)
+
 // Execute the current command with option.
 func Execute(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, opts ...func(*App)) {
 	opts = append([]func(*App){WithSkipArgs(1)}, opts...)
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, in input.Input, out output.Output) e
 
 	out = verbose(ctx, in, out)
 
-	if in.Option(ctx, "version").Bool() {
+	if in.Option(ctx, OptionVersion).Bool() {
 		version := cmd.Version
 		if version == "" {
 			version = "unknown"
@@ -53,7 +62,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, in input.Input, out output.Output) e
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if in.Option(ctx, "help").Bool() {
+	if in.Option(ctx, OptionHelp).Bool() {
 		return showHelp(ctx, cmd, in, out)
 	}
 
@@ -62,9 +71,9 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, in input.Input, out output.Output) e
 
 func ansi(ctx context.Context, in input.Input, out output.Output) output.Output {
 	switch {
-	case in.Option(ctx, "ansi").Bool():
+	case in.Option(ctx, OptionAnsi).Bool():
 		out = output.Ansi(out)
-	case in.Option(ctx, "no-ansi").Bool():
+	case in.Option(ctx, OptionNoAnsi).Bool():
 		out = output.None(out)
 	case lookupEnv("NO_COLOR"):
 		out = output.None(out)
@@ -83,10 +92,10 @@ func lookupEnv(name string) bool {
 
 func verbose(ctx context.Context, in input.Input, out output.Output) output.Output {
 	switch {
-	case in.Option(ctx, "quiet").Bool():
+	case in.Option(ctx, OptionQuiet).Bool():
 		out = output.Quiet()
 	default:
-		verb := in.Option(ctx, "verbose").Bools()
+		verb := in.Option(ctx, OptionVerbose).Bools()
 
 		switch {
 		case len(verb) == verboseInfo:
@@ -105,8 +114,8 @@ func verbose(ctx context.Context, in input.Input, out output.Output) output.Outp
 
 func showHelp(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, in input.Input, out output.Output) error {
 	arr := &input.Array{}
-	arr.SetArgument(HelpArgumentCommandName, value.New(cmd.Name))
-	arr.SetOption("help", value.New(false))
+	arr.SetArgument(ArgumentCommandName, value.New(cmd.Name))
+	arr.SetOption(OptionHelp, value.New(false))
 
 	if _, err := Find(cmd.Name); errors.Is(err, ErrNotFound) {
 		register(cmd)
@@ -125,13 +134,13 @@ func showHelp(ctx context.Context, cmd *Command, in input.Input, out output.Outp
 // Default options and argument command.
 func Default(d *input.Definition) *input.Definition {
 	return d.SetOptions(
-		option.Bool("no-ansi", "Disable ANSI output"),
-		option.Bool("ansi", "Do not ask any interactive question"),
-		option.Bool("version", "Display this application version", option.Short('V')),
-		option.Bool("help", "Display this help message", option.Short('h')),
-		option.Bool("verbose",
+		option.Bool(OptionNoAnsi, "Disable ANSI output"),
+		option.Bool(OptionAnsi, "Do not ask any interactive question"),
+		option.Bool(OptionVersion, "Display this application version", option.Short('V')),
+		option.Bool(OptionHelp, "Display this help message", option.Short('h')),
+		option.Bool(OptionVerbose,
 			"Increase the verbosity of messages: -v for info output, -vv for debug and -vvv for trace",
 			option.Short('v'), option.Array),
-		option.Bool("quiet", "Do not output any message", option.Short('q')),
+		option.Bool(OptionQuiet, "Do not output any message", option.Short('q')),
 	)
 }

help.go

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 const (
-	HelpArgumentCommandName = "command_name"
-	helpOptFormat           = "format"
+	ArgumentCommandName = "command_name"
+	OptionFormat        = "format"
 )
 
 func help() *Command {
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ To display the list of available commands, please use the <info>list</info> comm
 `,
 		Execute: func(ctx context.Context, in input.Input, out output.Output) error {
 			var err error
-			name := in.Argument(ctx, HelpArgumentCommandName).String()
-			format := in.Option(ctx, helpOptFormat).String()
+			name := in.Argument(ctx, ArgumentCommandName).String()
+			format := in.Option(ctx, OptionFormat).String()
 
 			des, err := descriptor.Find(format)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ To display the list of available commands, please use the <info>list</info> comm
 			formats := descriptor.Descriptors()
 			config.
 				SetArguments(
-					argument.String(HelpArgumentCommandName, "The command name", argument.Default(value.New("help"))),
+					argument.String(ArgumentCommandName, "The command name", argument.Default(value.New("help"))),
 				).
 				SetOptions(
-					option.String(helpOptFormat, fmt.Sprintf("The output format (%s)", strings.Join(formats, ", ")),
+					option.String(OptionFormat, fmt.Sprintf("The output format (%s)", strings.Join(formats, ", ")),
 						option.Required,
 						option.Default(formats[0]),
 						option.Valid(

input/option/option.go

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ func Default(in interface{}) variable.Option {
 	return variable.Default(value.New(in))
 }
 
+func Hidden(in *variable.Variable) {
+	variable.Hidden(in)
+}
+
 func Required(v *variable.Variable) {
 	variable.Required(v)
 }

input/variable/variable.go

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func Required(v *Variable) {
 	v.Flag |= flag.Required
 }
 
+func Hidden(v *Variable) {
+	v.hidden = true
+}
+
 func WithParse(create Create, update Append) Option {
 	return func(v *Variable) {
 		v.append = func(Param) Append { return update }
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ type Variable struct {
 	Flag        flag.Flag
 	Type        ArgType
 	Default     value.Value
+	hidden      bool
 	Valid       []func(value.Value) error
 	params      Params
 	create      func(Param) Create
@@ -115,6 +120,10 @@ func (v Variable) Validate(in value.Value) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (v Variable) IsHidden() bool {
+	return v.hidden
+}
+
 func (v Variable) IsArray() bool {
 	return v.Flag.IsArray()
 }

list.go

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ func init() {
 	MustRegister(list())
 }
 
+const (
+	ArgumentNamespace = "namespace"
+)
+
 func list() *Command {
 	return &Command{
 		Name:        CommandList,
@@ -37,10 +41,10 @@ You can also output the information in other formats by using the <comment>--for
 			formats := descriptor.Descriptors()
 			config.
 				SetArguments(
-					argument.String("namespace", "The namespace name"),
+					argument.String(ArgumentNamespace, "The namespace name"),
 				).
 				SetOptions(
-					option.String(helpOptFormat, fmt.Sprintf("The output format (%s)", strings.Join(formats, ", ")),
+					option.String(OptionFormat, fmt.Sprintf("The output format (%s)", strings.Join(formats, ", ")),
 						option.Required,
 						option.Default(formats[0]),
 						option.Valid(
@@ -57,8 +61,8 @@ You can also output the information in other formats by using the <comment>--for
 
 //nolint:cyclop
 func executeList(ctx context.Context, in input.Input, out output.Output) error {
-	ns := in.Argument(ctx, "namespace").String()
-	format := in.Option(ctx, helpOptFormat).String()
+	ns := in.Argument(ctx, ArgumentNamespace).String()
+	format := in.Option(ctx, OptionFormat).String()
 
 	des, err := descriptor.Find(format)
 	if err != nil {

output/descriptor/txt.go

@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ func txtDefinitionOption(maxLen int, def *input.Definition) string {
 
 	for _, name := range opts {
 		opt, _ := def.Option(name)
+		if opt.IsHidden() {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		var op bytes.Buffer