Consolidate doctor help text.

src/cli-options.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import Table from 'cli-table'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import { deepPatternPrefix } from './constants'
 import { Index } from './types/IndexType'
 
 export interface CLIOption<T = any> {
@@ -163,6 +162,50 @@ my-registry.json:
 `
 }
 
+/** Extended help for the --doctor option. */
+const extendedHelpDoctor = () => `Iteratively installs upgrades and runs tests to identify breaking upgrades.
+
+${chalk.bold('Add "-u" to execute')} (modifies your package file, lock file, and node_modules)
+
+To be more precise:
+1. Runs "npm install" and "npm test" to ensure tests are currently passing.
+2. Runs "ncu -u" to optimistically upgrade all dependencies.
+3. If tests pass, hurray!
+4. If tests fail, restores package file and lock file.
+5. For each dependency, install upgrade and run tests.
+6. Prints broken upgrades with test error.
+7. Saves working upgrades to package.json.
+
+Example:
+
+$ ncu --doctor -u
+Running tests before upgrading
+npm install
+npm run test
+Upgrading all dependencies and re-running tests
+ncu -u
+npm install
+npm run test
+Tests failed
+Identifying broken dependencies
+npm install
+npm install --no-save react@16.0.0
+npm run test
+  ✓ react 15.0.0 → 16.0.0
+npm install --no-save react-redux@7.0.0
+npm run test
+  ✗ react-redux 6.0.0 → 7.0.0
+
+/projects/myproject/test.js:13
+  throw new Error('Test failed!')
+  ^
+
+npm install --no-save react-dnd@11.1.3
+npm run test
+  ✓ react-dnd 10.0.0 → 11.1.3
+Saving partially upgraded package.json
+`
+
 // store CLI options separately from bin file so that they can be used to build type definitions
 const cliOptions: CLIOption[] = [
   {
@@ -198,7 +241,7 @@ const cliOptions: CLIOption[] = [
   },
   {
     long: 'deep',
-    description: `Run recursively in current working directory. Alias of (--packageFile '${deepPatternPrefix}package.json').`,
+    description: `Run recursively in current working directory. Alias of (--packageFile '**/package.json').`,
     type: 'boolean',
   },
   {
@@ -217,8 +260,9 @@ const cliOptions: CLIOption[] = [
   {
     long: 'doctor',
     description:
-      'Iteratively installs upgrades and runs tests to identify breaking upgrades. Run "ncu --doctor" for detailed help. Add "-u" to execute.',
+      'Iteratively installs upgrades and runs tests to identify breaking upgrades. Requires "-u" to execute. Run "ncu --help --doctor" for details.',
     type: 'boolean',
+    help: extendedHelpDoctor(),
   },
   {
     long: 'doctorInstall',

src/index.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import globby from 'globby'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import Chalk from 'chalk'
 import packageManagers from './package-managers'
-import { doctorHelpText } from './constants'
 import { print, printJson } from './logging'
+import { cliOptionsMap } from './cli-options'
 import findPackage from './lib/findPackage'
 import doctor from './lib/doctor'
 import getNcuRc from './lib/getNcuRc'
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export async function run(
     }
     // print help otherwise
     else {
-      print(options, doctorHelpText, 'warn')
+      print(options, `Usage: ncu --doctor\n\n${cliOptionsMap.doctor.help}`, 'warn')
     }
   }
   // normal mode

src/lib/initOptions.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import _ from 'lodash'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import Chalk from 'chalk'
 import cliOptions from '../cli-options'
-import { deepPatternPrefix } from '../constants'
 import programError from './programError'
 import getPackageFileName from './getPackageFileName'
 import { print } from '../logging'
@@ -92,9 +91,7 @@ function initOptions(runOptions: RunOptions, { cli }: { cli?: boolean } = {}): O
   else if (options.packageFile && options.deep) {
     programError(
       options,
-      chalk.red(
-        `Cannot specify both --packageFile and --deep. --deep is an alias for --packageFile '${deepPatternPrefix}package.json'`,
-      ),
+      chalk.red(`Cannot specify both --packageFile and --deep. --deep is an alias for --packageFile '**/package.json'`),
     )
   }
 
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ function initOptions(runOptions: RunOptions, { cli }: { cli?: boolean } = {}): O
 
   return {
     ...options,
-    ...(options.deep ? { packageFile: `${deepPatternPrefix}${getPackageFileName(options)}` } : null),
+    ...(options.deep ? { packageFile: `**/${getPackageFileName(options)}` } : null),
     ...((options.args || []).length > 0 ? { filter: options.args!.join(' ') } : null),
     ...(format.length > 0 ? { format } : null),
     // add shortcut for any keys that start with 'json'

src/lib/queryVersions.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import chalk from 'chalk'
 import pMap from 'p-map'
 import ProgressBar from 'progress'
 import { parseRange } from 'semver-utils'
-import { supportedVersionTargets } from '../constants'
 import getPackageManager from './getPackageManager'
 import packageManagers from '../package-managers'
 import { createNpmAlias, isGithubUrl, isPre, parseNpmAlias } from '../version-util'
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import { Version } from '../types/Version'
 import { VersionResult } from '../types/VersionResult'
 import { VersionSpec } from '../types/VersionSpec'
 
+const supportedVersionTargets = ['latest', 'newest', 'greatest', 'minor', 'patch']
+
 /**
  * Get the latest or greatest versions from the NPM repository based on the version target.
  *

test/doctor.test.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import chai from 'chai'
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
 import spawn from 'spawn-please'
 import rimraf from 'rimraf'
 import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi'
-import { doctorHelpText } from '../src/constants'
+import { cliOptionsMap } from '../src/cli-options'
 
 chai.should()
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
@@ -138,7 +139,11 @@ describe('doctor', function () {
   describe('npm', () => {
     it('print instructions when -u is not specified', async () => {
       const cwd = path.join(doctorTests, 'nopackagefile')
-      return ncu(['--doctor'], { cwd }).should.eventually.equal(doctorHelpText + '\n')
+      const output = await ncu(['--doctor'], { cwd })
+      // output does not include chalk formatting
+      // chalk.reset does not seem to work, so just format the expected bold text in the output before comparing
+      const outputFormatted = output.replace('Add "-u" to execute', chalk.bold('Add "-u" to execute'))
+      return outputFormatted.should.equal(`Usage: ncu --doctor\n\n${cliOptionsMap.doctor.help}\n`)
     })
 
     it('throw an error if there is no package file', async () => {