deprecate ExactValidArgs in favour of MatchAll(OnlyValidArgs, ...)

args.go

@@ -86,18 +86,6 @@ func ExactArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
 	}
 }
 
-// ExactValidArgs returns an error if
-// there are not exactly N positional args OR
-// there are any positional args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of `Command`
-func ExactValidArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
-	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := ExactArgs(n)(cmd, args); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return OnlyValidArgs(cmd, args)
-	}
-}
-
 // RangeArgs returns an error if the number of args is not within the expected range.
 func RangeArgs(min int, max int) PositionalArgs {
 	return func(cmd *Command, args []string) error {
@@ -119,3 +107,11 @@ func MatchAll(pargs ...PositionalArgs) PositionalArgs {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// ExactValidArgs returns an error if there are not exactly N positional args OR
+// there are any positional args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of `Command`
+//
+// Deprecated: use MatchAll(OnlyValidArgs, ExactArgs(n)) instead
+func ExactValidArgs(n int) PositionalArgs {
+	return MatchAll(OnlyValidArgs, ExactArgs(n))
+}

args_test.go

@@ -159,24 +159,6 @@ func TestExactArgsWithInvalidCount(t *testing.T) {
 	exactArgsWithInvalidCount(err, t)
 }
 
-func TestExactValidArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(3), true)
-	output, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "one", "two")
-	expectSuccess(output, err, t)
-}
-
-func TestExactValidArgsWithInvalidCount(t *testing.T) {
-	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(2), false)
-	_, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "one", "two")
-	exactArgsWithInvalidCount(err, t)
-}
-
-func TestExactValidArgsWithInvalidArgs(t *testing.T) {
-	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(3), true)
-	_, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "a", "two")
-	validWithInvalidArgs(err, t)
-}
-
 func TestRangeArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	c := getCommand(RangeArgs(2, 4), false)
 	output, err := executeCommand(c, "a", "b", "c")
@@ -293,6 +275,26 @@ func TestMatchAll(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// DEPRECATED
+
+func TestExactValidArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(3), true)
+	output, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "one", "two")
+	expectSuccess(output, err, t)
+}
+
+func TestExactValidArgsWithInvalidCount(t *testing.T) {
+	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(2), false)
+	_, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "one", "two")
+	exactArgsWithInvalidCount(err, t)
+}
+
+func TestExactValidArgsWithInvalidArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	c := getCommand(ExactValidArgs(3), true)
+	_, err := executeCommand(c, "three", "a", "two")
+	validWithInvalidArgs(err, t)
+}
+
 // This test make sure we keep backwards-compatibility with respect
 // to the legacyArgs() function.
 // It makes sure the root command accepts arguments if it does not have

user_guide.md

@@ -331,17 +331,34 @@ If `Args` is undefined or `nil`, it defaults to `ArbitraryArgs`.
 
 The following validators are built in:
 
-- `NoArgs` - the command will report an error if there are any positional args.
+- Number of arguments:
-- `ArbitraryArgs` - the command will accept any args.
+  - `NoArgs` - report an error if there are any positional args.
-- `OnlyValidArgs` - the command will report an error if there are any positional args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of `Command`.
+  - `ArbitraryArgs` - accept any number of args.
-- `MinimumNArgs(int)` - the command will report an error if there are not at least N positional args.
+  - `MinimumNArgs(int)` - report an error if less than N positional args are provided.
-- `MaximumNArgs(int)` - the command will report an error if there are more than N positional args.
+  - `MaximumNArgs(int)` - report an error if more than N positional args are provided.
-- `ExactArgs(int)` - the command will report an error if there are not exactly N positional args.
+  - `ExactArgs(int)` - report an error if there are not exactly N positional args.
-- `ExactValidArgs(int)` - the command will report an error if there are not exactly N positional args OR if there are any positional args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of `Command`
+  - `RangeArgs(min, max)` - report an error if the number of args is not between `min` and `max`.
-- `RangeArgs(min, max)` - the command will report an error if the number of args is not between the minimum and maximum number of expected args.
+- Content of the arguments:
-- `MatchAll(pargs ...PositionalArgs)` - enables combining existing checks with arbitrary other checks (e.g. you want to check the ExactArgs length along with other qualities).
+  - `OnlyValidArgs` - report an error if there are any positional args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of type
+  `[]string` defined in `Command`.
 
-An example of setting the custom validator:
+Moreover, `MatchAll(pargs ...PositionalArgs)` enables combining existing checks with arbitrary other checks.
+For instance, if you want to report an error if there are not exactly N positional args OR if there are any positional
+args that are not in the `ValidArgs` field of `Command`, you can call `MatchAll` on `ExactArgs` and `OnlyValidArgs`, as
+shown below:
+
+```go
+var cmd = &cobra.Command{
+  Short: "hello",
+  Args: MatchAll(OnlyValidArgs, ExactArgs(2)),
+  Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+    fmt.Println("Hello, World!")
+  },
+}
+```
+
+It is possible to set any custom validator that satisfies `func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error`.
+For example:
 
 ```go
 var cmd = &cobra.Command{