Clean up description parsing

readme.md

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ flags: {
 
 ##### description
 
-Type: `string | boolean`\
+Type: `string | false`\
 Default: The package.json `"description"` property
 
 Description to show above the help text.
@@ -151,14 +151,16 @@ Set it to `false` to disable it altogether.
 
 ##### help
 
-Type: `string | boolean`
+Type: `string | false`
 
 The help text you want shown.
 
 The input is reindented and starting/ending newlines are trimmed which means you can use a [template literal](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/template_strings) without having to care about using the correct amount of indent.
 
 The description will be shown above your help text automatically.
 
+Set it to `false` to disable it altogether.
+
 ##### version
 
 Type: `string`\

source/index.js

@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ import parseArguments from 'yargs-parser';
 import camelCaseKeys from 'camelcase-keys';
 import {trimNewlines} from 'trim-newlines';
 import redent from 'redent';
-import normalizePackageData from 'normalize-package-data';
 import {buildOptions} from './options.js';
 import {buildParserOptions} from './parser.js';
 import {validate, checkUnknownFlags, checkMissingRequiredFlags} from './validate.js';
 
-const buildResult = (options, parserOptions) => {
-	const {pkg: package_} = options;
+const buildResult = ({pkg: packageJson, ...options}, parserOptions) => {
 	const argv = parseArguments(options.argv, parserOptions);
 	let help = '';
 
@@ -23,16 +21,20 @@ const buildResult = (options, parserOptions) => {
 		help = `\n${help}`;
 	}
 
-	normalizePackageData(package_);
+	if (options.description !== false) {
+		let {description} = options;
 
-	let description = options.description ?? package_.description;
+		if (description) {
+			description = help ? redent(`\n${description}\n`, options.helpIndent) : `\n${description}`;
+			help = `${description}${help}`;
+		}
+	}
 
-	description &&= help ? redent(`\n${description}\n`, options.helpIndent) : `\n${description}`;
-	help = `${description || ''}${help}\n`;
+	help += '\n';
 
 	const showHelp = code => {
 		console.log(help);
-		process.exit(typeof code === 'number' ? code : 2);
+		process.exit(typeof code === 'number' ? code : 2); // Default to code 2 for incorrect usage (#47)
 	};
 
 	const showVersion = () => {
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ const buildResult = (options, parserOptions) => {
 		input,
 		flags,
 		unnormalizedFlags,
-		pkg: package_,
+		pkg: packageJson,
 		help,
 		showHelp,
 		showVersion,

source/options.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import process from 'node:process';
 import {dirname} from 'node:path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
 import {readPackageUpSync} from 'read-package-up';
+import normalizePackageData from 'normalize-package-data';
 import {decamelizeFlagKey, joinFlagKeys} from './utils.js';
 
 const validateOptions = options => {
@@ -63,26 +64,31 @@ export const buildOptions = (helpText, options) => {
 		throw new TypeError('The `importMeta` option is required. Its value must be `import.meta`.');
 	}
 
-	const foundPackage = readPackageUpSync({
+	const foundPackage = options.pkg ?? readPackageUpSync({
 		cwd: dirname(fileURLToPath(options.importMeta.url)),
 		normalize: false,
-	});
+	})?.packageJson;
+
+	// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prevent-abbreviations
+	const pkg = foundPackage ?? {};
+	normalizePackageData(pkg);
 
 	const parsedOptions = {
-		pkg: foundPackage ? foundPackage.packageJson : {},
 		argv: process.argv.slice(2),
 		flags: {},
 		inferType: false,
 		input: 'string',
+		description: pkg.description ?? false,
 		help: helpText,
-		version: foundPackage?.packageJson.version || 'No version found',
+		version: pkg.version || 'No version found',
 		autoHelp: true,
 		autoVersion: true,
 		booleanDefault: false,
 		allowUnknownFlags: true,
 		allowParentFlags: true,
 		helpIndent: 2,
 		...options,
+		pkg,
 	};
 
 	validateOptions(parsedOptions);

test/options/help.js

@@ -25,12 +25,25 @@ test('support help shortcut', verifyHelp, {
 		unicorn
 		cat
 	`],
-	expected: indentString('\nCLI app helper\n\nunicorn\ncat\n', 2),
+	expected: indentString(stripIndent`
+
+		CLI app helper
+
+		unicorn
+		cat
+	`, 2),
 });
 
 test('spawn cli and show help screen', verifyCli, {
 	args: '--help',
-	expected: indentString('\nCustom description\n\nUsage\n  foo <input>\n\n', 2),
+	expected: indentString(stripIndent`
+
+		Custom description
+
+		Usage
+		  foo <input>
+
+	`, 2),
 });
 
 test('spawn cli and disabled autoHelp', verifyCli, {