GT-324 Fix help message when passing deprecated pass-through args

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - Fix restarting cluster with arangosync enabled
 - Upgrade Go to v1.19.4 to fix CVEs
 - Fix passing-through boolean flags to arangosync
+- Improve deprecated notice for old passthrough flags
 
 ## [0.15.5](https://github.com/arangodb-helper/arangodb/tree/0.15.5) (2022-09-19)
 - Fix project CI: linter, tests, build, release

main.go

@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ func init() {
 		}
 
 		f.StringSliceVar(flag.Value, flag.CleanKey, nil, flag.Usage)
-		if flag.Deprecated {
-			f.MarkDeprecated(flag.CleanKey, "Deprecated")
+		if flag.DeprecatedHint != "" {
+			f.MarkDeprecated(flag.CleanKey, flag.DeprecatedHint)
 		}
 	}
 

options.go

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByProcessTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeAgent, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.all.%s instead",
 		},
 		"coordinators": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByServerTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeCoordinator, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.coordinators.%s instead",
 		},
 		"dbservers": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByServerTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeDBServer, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.dbservers.%s instead",
 		},
 		"agents": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByServerTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeAgent, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.agents.%s instead",
 		},
 		"sync": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByProcessTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeSyncMaster, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.sync.%s instead",
 		},
 		"syncmasters": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByServerTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeSyncMaster, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.syncmasters.%s instead",
 		},
 		"syncworkers": {
 			Usage: func(key string) string {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func preparePassthroughPrefixes() options.ConfigurationPrefixes {
 			FieldSelector: func(p *options.Configuration, key string) *[]string {
 				return p.ArgByServerTypeAndName(definitions.ServerTypeSyncWorker, key)
 			},
-			Deprecated: true,
+			DeprecatedHintFormat: "use --args.syncworkers.%s instead",
 		},
 		// New methods for args
 		"args.all": {

service/options/options.go

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ type ConfigurationFlag struct {
 	Usage     string
 	Value     *[]string
 
-	Deprecated bool
+	DeprecatedHint string
 }
 
 type ConfigurationPrefixes map[string]ConfigurationPrefix
@@ -255,12 +255,12 @@ func (c ConfigurationPrefixes) Parse(args ...string) (*Configuration, []Configur
 		}
 
 		f = append(f, ConfigurationFlag{
-			Key:        arg,
-			CleanKey:   ckey,
-			Extension:  targ,
-			Usage:      prefix.Usage(targ),
-			Value:      prefix.FieldSelector(&config, targ),
-			Deprecated: prefix.Deprecated,
+			Key:            arg,
+			CleanKey:       ckey,
+			Extension:      targ,
+			Usage:          prefix.Usage(targ),
+			Value:          prefix.FieldSelector(&config, targ),
+			DeprecatedHint: prefix.GetDeprecatedHint(targ),
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (c ConfigurationPrefixes) Parse(args ...string) (*Configuration, []Configur
 func (c ConfigurationPrefixes) UsageHint() string {
 	maxNameLen := 0
 	for n, prefix := range c {
-		if !prefix.Deprecated {
+		if prefix.GetDeprecatedHint(n) == "" {
 			if len(n) > maxNameLen {
 				maxNameLen = len(n)
 			}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (c ConfigurationPrefixes) UsageHint() string {
 
 	parts := make([]string, 0)
 	for n, prefix := range c {
-		if !prefix.Deprecated {
+		if prefix.GetDeprecatedHint(n) == "" {
 			postfix := "<xxx>=<value>"
 			pad := maxNameLen - len(n) + len(postfix) + 8
 			parts = append(parts,
@@ -295,9 +295,16 @@ func (c ConfigurationPrefixes) UsageHint() string {
 }
 
 type ConfigurationPrefix struct {
-	Usage         func(key string) string
-	FieldSelector func(p *Configuration, key string) *[]string
-	Deprecated    bool
+	Usage                func(key string) string
+	FieldSelector        func(p *Configuration, key string) *[]string
+	DeprecatedHintFormat string
+}
+
+func (p ConfigurationPrefix) GetDeprecatedHint(key string) string {
+	if p.DeprecatedHintFormat == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(p.DeprecatedHintFormat, key)
 }
 
 func stringListCopy(a []string) []string {