make the man page section selectable

docs.go

@@ -15,38 +15,47 @@ import (
 // The function errors if either parsing or writing of the string fails.
 func (a *App) ToMarkdown() (string, error) {
 	var w bytes.Buffer
-	if err := a.writeDocTemplate(&w); err != nil {
+	if err := a.writeDocTemplate(&w, 8); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return w.String(), nil
 }
 
-// ToMan creates a man page string for the `*App`
+// ToMan creates a man page string with section number for the `*App`
 // The function errors if either parsing or writing of the string fails.
-func (a *App) ToMan() (string, error) {
+func (a *App) ToManWithSection(sectionNumber int) (string, error) {
 	var w bytes.Buffer
-	if err := a.writeDocTemplate(&w); err != nil {
+	if err := a.writeDocTemplate(&w, sectionNumber); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	man := md2man.Render(w.Bytes())
 	return string(man), nil
 }
 
+// ToMan creates a man page string for the `*App`
+// The function errors if either parsing or writing of the string fails.
+func (a *App) ToMan() (string, error) {
+	man, err := a.ToManWithSection(8)
+	return man, err
+}
+
 type cliTemplate struct {
 	App          *App
+	SectionNum   int
 	Commands     []string
 	GlobalArgs   []string
 	SynopsisArgs []string
 }
 
-func (a *App) writeDocTemplate(w io.Writer) error {
+func (a *App) writeDocTemplate(w io.Writer, sectionNum int) error {
 	const name = "cli"
 	t, err := template.New(name).Parse(MarkdownDocTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return t.ExecuteTemplate(w, name, &cliTemplate{
 		App:          a,
+		SectionNum:   sectionNum,
 		Commands:     prepareCommands(a.Commands, 0),
 		GlobalArgs:   prepareArgsWithValues(a.VisibleFlags()),
 		SynopsisArgs: prepareArgsSynopsis(a.VisibleFlags()),

docs_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -147,3 +148,30 @@ func TestToMan(t *testing.T) {
 	expect(t, err, nil)
 	expectFileContent(t, "testdata/expected-doc-full.man", res)
 }
+
+func TestToManParseError(t *testing.T) {
+	// Given
+	app := testApp()
+
+	// When
+	// temporarily change the global variable for testing
+	tmp := MarkdownDocTemplate
+	MarkdownDocTemplate = `{{ .App.Name`
+	_, err := app.ToMan()
+	MarkdownDocTemplate = tmp
+
+	// Then
+	expect(t, err, errors.New(`template: cli:1: unclosed action`))
+}
+
+func TestToManWithSection(t *testing.T) {
+	// Given
+	app := testApp()
+
+	// When
+	res, err := app.ToManWithSection(8)
+
+	// Then
+	expect(t, err, nil)
+	expectFileContent(t, "testdata/expected-doc-full.man", res)
+}

template.go

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ OPTIONS:
    {{end}}{{end}}
 `
 
-var MarkdownDocTemplate = `% {{ .App.Name }} 8
+var MarkdownDocTemplate = `% {{ .App.Name }} {{ .SectionNum }}
 
 # NAME