Improve bee command lines

Clean and improve some of the command option descriptions

apiapp.go

@@ -24,22 +24,23 @@ import (
 var cmdApiapp = &Command{
 	// CustomFlags: true,
 	UsageLine: "api [appname]",
-	Short:     "create an api application base on beego framework",
+	Short:     "create an API beego application",
 	Long: `
-create an api application base on beego framework
+Create an API beego application.
 
 bee api [appname] [-tables=""] [-driver=mysql] [-conn=root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test]
-    -tables: a list of table names separated by ',', default is empty, indicating all tables
-    -driver: [mysql | postgres | sqlite], the default is mysql
+    -tables: a list of table names separated by ',' (default is empty, indicating all tables)
+    -driver: [mysql | postgres | sqlite] (default: mysql)
     -conn:   the connection string used by the driver, the default is ''
              e.g. for mysql:    root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test
              e.g. for postgres: postgres://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/postgres
 
-if conn is empty will create a example api application. otherwise generate api application based on an existing database.
+If 'conn' argument is empty, bee api creates an example API application,
+when 'conn' argument is provided, bee api generates an API application based
+on the existing database.
 
-In the current path, will create a folder named [appname]
-
-In the appname folder has the follow struct:
+The command 'api' creates a folder named [appname] and inside the folder deploy
+the following files/directories structure:
 
 	├── conf
 	│   └── app.conf

bale.go

@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ var cmdBale = &Command{
 	UsageLine: "bale",
 	Short:     "packs non-Go files to Go source files",
 	Long: `
-bale packs non-Go files to Go source files and
+Bale command compress all the static files in to a single binary file.
 
-auto-generate unpack function to main package then run it
+This is usefull to not have to carry static files including js, css, images
+and views when publishing a project.
 
-during the runtime.
+auto-generate unpack function to main package then run it during the runtime.
+This is mainly used for zealots who are requiring 100% Go code.
 
-This is mainly used for zealots who are requiring 100% Go code.`,
+`,
 }
 
 func init() {

migrate.go

@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@ var cmdMigrate = &Command{
 	Long: `
 bee migrate [-driver=mysql] [-conn="root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test"]
     run all outstanding migrations
-    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite], the default is mysql
+    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite] (default: mysql)
     -conn:   the connection string used by the driver, the default is root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test
 
 bee migrate rollback [-driver=mysql] [-conn="root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test"]
     rollback the last migration operation
-    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite], the default is mysql
+    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite] (default: mysql)
     -conn:   the connection string used by the driver, the default is root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test
 
 bee migrate reset [-driver=mysql] [-conn="root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test"]
     rollback all migrations
-    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite], the default is mysql
+    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite] (default: mysql)
     -conn:   the connection string used by the driver, the default is root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test
 
 bee migrate refresh [-driver=mysql] [-conn="root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test"]
     rollback all migrations and run them all again
-    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite], the default is mysql
+    -driver: [mysql | postgresql | sqlite] (default: mysql)
     -conn:   the connection string used by the driver, the default is root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/test
 `,
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ var mConn docValue
 
 func init() {
 	cmdMigrate.Run = runMigration
-	cmdMigrate.Flag.Var(&mDriver, "driver", "database driver: mysql, postgresql, etc.")
+	cmdMigrate.Flag.Var(&mDriver, "driver", "database driver: mysql, postgresql, sqlite, etc.")
 	cmdMigrate.Flag.Var(&mConn, "conn", "connection string used by the driver to connect to a database instance")
 }
 

new.go

@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ import (
 
 var cmdNew = &Command{
 	UsageLine: "new [appname]",
-	Short:     "create an application base on beego framework",
+	Short:     "Create a Beego application",
 	Long: `
-create an application base on beego framework,
+Creates a Beego application for the given app name in the current directory.
 
-which in the current path with folder named [appname].
-
-The [appname] folder has following structure:
+The command 'new' creates a folder named [appname] and inside the folder deploy
+the following files/directories structure:
 
     |- main.go
     |- conf

pack.go

@@ -37,22 +37,23 @@ import (
 var cmdPack = &Command{
 	CustomFlags: true,
 	UsageLine:   "pack",
-	Short:       "compress an beego project",
+	Short:       "Compress a beego project into a single file",
 	Long: `
-compress an beego project
+Pack is used to compress a beego project into a single file.
+This eases the deployment by extracting the zip file to a server.
 
--p            app path. default is current path
--b            build specify platform app. default true
+-p            app path (default is the current path).
+-b            build specify platform app (default: true).
 -ba           additional args of go build
 -be=[]        additional ENV Variables of go build. eg: GOARCH=arm
 -o            compressed file output dir. default use current path
--f=""         format. [ tar.gz / zip ]. default tar.gz
--exp=""       relpath exclude prefix. default: .
--exs=""       relpath exclude suffix. default: .go:.DS_Store:.tmp
+-f=""         format: tar.gz, zip (default: tar.gz)
+-exp=""       relpath exclude prefix (default: .).
+-exs=""       relpath exclude suffix (default: .go:.DS_Store:.tmp).
               all path use : as separator
--exr=[]       file/directory name exclude by Regexp. default: ^.
--fs=false     follow symlink. default false
--ss=false     skip symlink. default false
+-exr=[]       file/directory name exclude by Regexp (default: ^).
+-fs=false     follow symlink (default: false).
+-ss=false     skip symlink (default: false)
               default embed symlink into compressed file
 -v=false      verbose
 `,

run.go

@@ -24,23 +24,11 @@ import (
 
 var cmdRun = &Command{
 	UsageLine: "run [appname] [watchall] [-main=*.go] [-downdoc=true]  [-gendoc=true]",
-	Short:     "run the app which can hot compile",
+	Short:     "run the app and start a Web server for development",
 	Long: `
-start the appname throw exec.Command
+Run command will supervise the file system of the beego project using inotify,
+it will recompile and restart the app after any modifications.
 
-then start a inotify watch for current dir
-										
-when the file has changed bee will auto go build and restart the app
-
-	file changed
-	     |
-  check if it's go file
-	     |
-     yes     no
-      |       |
- go build    do nothing
-     |
- restart app   
 `,
 }
 

version.go

@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ import (
 
 var cmdVersion = &Command{
 	UsageLine: "version",
-	Short:     "show the bee & beego version",
+	Short:     "show the Bee, Beego and Go version",
 	Long: `
-show the bee & beego version                  
+show the Bee, Beego and Go version
 
 bee version
-    bee: 1.1.1
-	beego: 1.2
+    bee   :1.2.3
+    beego :1.4.2
+    Go    :go version go1.3.3 linux/amd64
+
 `,
 }