fix: don't prepend bin to command example

README.md

@@ -343,10 +343,14 @@ Allow unknown options in this command, by default CAC will log an error when unk
 
 #### command.example(example)
 
-- Type: `(example: string) => Command`
+- Type: `(example: CommandExample) => Command`
 
 Add an example which will be displayed at the end of help message.
 
+```ts
+type CommandExample = ((bin: string) => string) | string
+```
+
 ### Events
 
 Listen to commands:

examples/command-examples.js

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require('ts-node/register')
+const cli = require('../src/index')()
+
+cli
+  .command('build', 'Build project')
+  .example('cli build foo.js')
+  .example(bin => {
+    return `${bin} build foo.js`
+  })
+  .option('--type [type]', 'Choose a project type')
+
+const parsed = cli.parse()
+
+console.log(JSON.stringify(parsed, null, 2))

src/Command.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ interface CommandConfig {
 
 type HelpCallback = (sections: HelpSection[]) => void
 
+type CommandExample = ((bin: string) => string) | string
+
 export default class Command {
   options: Option[]
   aliasNames: string[]
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Command {
   commandAction?: (...args: any[]) => any
   usageText?: string
   versionNumber?: string
-  examples: string[]
+  examples: CommandExample[]
   config: CommandConfig
   helpCallback?: HelpCallback
 
@@ -63,8 +65,8 @@ export default class Command {
     return this
   }
 
-  example(text: string) {
-    this.examples.push(text)
+  example(example: CommandExample) {
+    this.examples.push(example)
     return this
   }
 
@@ -173,7 +175,14 @@ export default class Command {
     if (this.examples.length > 0) {
       sections.push({
         title: 'Examples',
-        body: this.examples.map(v => `  ${config.bin} ${v}`).join('\n')
+        body: this.examples
+          .map(example => {
+            if (typeof example === 'function') {
+              return example(config.bin)
+            }
+            return example
+          })
+          .join('\n')
       })
     }
 
@@ -225,4 +234,4 @@ export default class Command {
   }
 }
 
-export { HelpCallback }
+export { HelpCallback, CommandExample }

src/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 import path from 'path'
 import minimost, { Opts as MinimostOpts } from 'minimost'
-import Command, { HelpCallback } from './Command'
+import Command, { HelpCallback, CommandExample } from './Command'
 import { OptionConfig } from './Option'
 import { getMinimostOptions } from './utils'
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class CAC extends EventEmitter {
    * Add a global example
    * @param example
    */
-  example(example: string) {
+  example(example: CommandExample) {
     this.globalCommand.example(example)
     return this
   }