Automatic synopsis generation for command-line interfaces

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for automatic generating synopsis data of command-line commands. A method of the disclosure includes processing source code implementing a command; identifying, in view of the processing, a plurality of command options related to the command; generating, by a processing device, relationship data representing dependencies of the command options; and generating, by the processing device, synopsis data for the command in view of the relationship data. In some embodiments, the relationship data may include a graph, wherein the graph including an arc that associates a first node of the graph with a second node of the graph. The first node may correspond to the first command option. The second node may correspond to the second command option.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.