fix: replace manifest.txt help mechanism with embedded user docs directory

.gitignore

@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ scripts/Brewfile.lock.json
 test/fixtures/**/go.sum
 .cursor
 .windsurf
-.claude
+.claude

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -283,20 +283,14 @@ automatically be pulled into Snyk CLI as pull requests.
 ### CLI help command files (`help/cli-commands`)
 
 The Go CLI reads user-facing command help from markdown files under `help/cli-commands/`. These files are synced from
-GitBook into this repository (see the `sync-cli-help-to-user-docs` workflow). At build time, the CLI embeds a manifest
-of available help files (`cliv2/pkg/helpdocs/manifest.txt`) and uses it to decide whether to show legacy GitBook help
-or native Cobra help for a given command.
-
-When you add, remove, or rename files in `help/cli-commands/`, regenerate the manifest and commit the result:
-
-```sh
-make -C cliv2 helpdocs-manifest
-git add cliv2/pkg/helpdocs/manifest.txt
-```
-
-`make -C cliv2 test` and `make build` run this target automatically, but you still need to commit the updated
-`manifest.txt` when it changes. Go tests in `cliv2/pkg/helpdocs` verify that the manifest stays in sync with
-`help/cli-commands/`.
+GitBook into this repository (see the `sync-cli-help-to-user-docs` workflow). At **build** time, the Makefile copies
+`help/cli-commands/` into `cliv2/internal/helpdocs/cli-commands/` so the Go embed can read them, then removes the copy
+afterward. Go unit tests read `help/cli-commands/` from disk (or use a small in-memory fixture when that directory is
+unavailable), so `make -C cliv2 test` does not run that copy step. The embedded filenames decide whether to show legacy
+GitBook help or native Cobra help for a given command.
+
+When you add, remove, or rename files in `help/cli-commands/`, no extra manifest step is required. Help routing tests
+pick up the changes on the next `make -C cliv2 test`; the shipped binary picks them up on the next `make build`.
 
 To test help routing locally after building:
 

cliv2/.gitignore

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ _cache
 bin
 internal/embedded/_data
 /.bin/
+internal/helpdocs/cli-commands

cliv2/Makefile

@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ SIGN_SCRIPT = $(WORKING_DIR)/scripts/sign_$(_GO_OS).sh
 ISSIGNED_SCRIPT = $(WORKING_DIR)/scripts/issigned_$(_GO_OS).sh
 EMBEDDED_DATA_DIR = $(WORKING_DIR)/internal/embedded/_data
 HELPDOCS_DIR = $(WORKING_DIR)/internal/helpdocs
-HELPDOCS_MANIFEST = $(HELPDOCS_DIR)/manifest.txt
-HELPDOCS_SOURCE = $(WORKING_DIR)/../help/cli-commands/*.md
+HELPDOCS_EMBED_DIR = $(HELPDOCS_DIR)/cli-commands
+HELPDOCS_SOURCE = $(WORKING_DIR)/../help/cli-commands
 
 ifeq ($(GOHOSTOS), windows)
 	SPECIAL_SHELL = powershell
@@ -191,17 +191,18 @@ summary:
 .PHONY: configure
 configure: _validate-build-mode summary $(CACHE_DIR) $(CACHE_DIR)/variables.mk $(V1_DIRECTORY)/$(V1_EMBEDDED_FILE_OUTPUT) dependencies $(CACHE_DIR)/prepare-3rd-party-licenses
 
-.PHONY: helpdocs-manifest
-helpdocs-manifest:
+.PHONY: _helpdocs-prepare
+_helpdocs-prepare:
 	@set -e; \
-	md_count=$$(ls $(HELPDOCS_SOURCE) 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' '); \
+	md_count=$$(ls $(HELPDOCS_SOURCE)/*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' '); \
 	if [ "$$md_count" -eq 0 ]; then \
-		echo "$(LOG_PREFIX) ERROR: no .md files found in help/cli-commands ($(HELPDOCS_SOURCE))"; \
+		echo "$(LOG_PREFIX) ERROR: no .md files found in $(HELPDOCS_SOURCE)"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \
-	ls $(HELPDOCS_SOURCE) | xargs -n1 basename | sort > $(HELPDOCS_MANIFEST)
+	rm -rf $(HELPDOCS_EMBED_DIR)/*.md; \
+	cp $(HELPDOCS_SOURCE)/*.md $(HELPDOCS_EMBED_DIR)/
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/$(V2_EXECUTABLE_NAME): $(BUILD_DIR) $(SRCS) generate-ls-protocol-metadata $(HELPDOCS_MANIFEST)
+$(BUILD_DIR)/$(V2_EXECUTABLE_NAME): $(BUILD_DIR) $(SRCS) generate-ls-protocol-metadata _helpdocs-prepare
 	$(eval LS_PROTOCOL_VERSION := $(shell cat $(LS_PROTOCOL_VERSION_FILE)))
 	$(eval LS_COMMIT_HASH := $(shell cat $(LS_COMMIT_HASH_FILE)))
 	$(eval EXTRA_FLAGS := -X github.com/snyk/snyk-ls/application/config.Version=$(LS_COMMIT_HASH) -X github.com/snyk/snyk-ls/application/config.LsProtocolVersion=$(LS_PROTOCOL_VERSION)  -X github.com/snyk/cli/cliv2/pkg/core.internalOS=$(GOOS) -X github.com/snyk/cli/cliv2/internal/embedded/cliv1.snykCLIVersion=$(CLI_V1_VERSION_TAG) -X github.com/snyk/cli-extension-iac/internal/commands/iactest.internalRulesClientURL=$(IAC_RULES_URL) -X github.com/snyk/cli/cliv2/internal/constants.StaticNodeJsBinary=$(STATIC_NODE_BINARY))
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ openboxtest:
 	@$(GOCMD) test -cover ./...
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: helpdocs-manifest openboxtest
+test: openboxtest
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: $(TOOLS_BIN)/golangci-lint

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/cli-commands/do-not-delete

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Adding this file to the project will prevent IDE errors between builds

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/command_help.go

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package helpdocs
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var nonDocChars = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9-]`)
+
+// CommandHelp indexes embedded or test-supplied CLI command help markdown files.
+type CommandHelp struct {
+	files map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+// NewCommandHelp builds a lookup by walking root on fsys for *.md files.
+func NewCommandHelp(fsys fs.FS, root string) (*CommandHelp, error) {
+	docFiles, err := docFilesFromEmbed(fsys, root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &CommandHelp{files: docFiles}, nil
+}
+
+// HasUserDoc reports whether legacy user-doc help should be shown for command segments.
+// Empty segments -> true (top-level README via legacy help).
+// Non-empty segments -> true only if a matching .md exists (README excluded).
+func (h *CommandHelp) HasUserDoc(segments []string) bool {
+	return hasUserDoc(segments, h.files)
+}
+
+func docFilesFromEmbed(fsys fs.FS, root string) (map[string]struct{}, error) {
+	files := make(map[string]struct{})
+	err := fs.WalkDir(fsys, root, func(_ string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil || d.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(d.Name(), ".md") {
+			return err
+		}
+		files[d.Name()] = struct{}{}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return files, nil
+}
+
+// helpFileName mirrors src/cli/commands/help/index.ts findHelpFile() join + replace.
+func helpFileName(segments []string) string {
+	joined := strings.Join(segments, "-")
+	cleaned := nonDocChars.ReplaceAllString(joined, "")
+	return cleaned + ".md"
+}
+
+func hasUserDoc(segments []string, files map[string]struct{}) bool {
+	if len(segments) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if len(files) == 0 {
+		// Missing or empty embed at build time: prefer legacy help lookup.
+		return true
+	}
+	for len(segments) > 0 {
+		if _, ok := files[helpFileName(segments)]; ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		segments = segments[:len(segments)-1]
+	}
+	return false
+}

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/command_help_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package helpdocs
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_helpFileName(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "container-test.md", helpFileName([]string{"container", "test"}))
+	assert.Equal(t, "iac-describe.md", helpFileName([]string{"iac", "describe"}))
+	assert.Equal(t, "secrets-test.md", helpFileName([]string{"secrets", "test"}))
+}
+
+func Test_HasUserDoc(t *testing.T) {
+	help := CommandHelpForTest(t)
+
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		segments []string
+		want     bool
+	}{
+		"empty uses readme path":             {segments: []string{}, want: true},
+		"test command":                       {segments: []string{"test"}, want: true},
+		"container test subcommand":          {segments: []string{"container", "test"}, want: true},
+		"iac describe subcommand":            {segments: []string{"iac", "describe"}, want: true},
+		"unknown command":                    {segments: []string{"rainmaker"}, want: false},
+		"undocumented secrets test":          {segments: []string{"secrets", "test"}, want: false},
+		"redteam setup walks back to parent": {segments: []string{"redteam", "setup"}, want: true},
+		"undocumented agent-scan":            {segments: []string{"agent-scan"}, want: false},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, help.HasUserDoc(tc.segments))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_NewCommandHelpFromFS(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := FixtureCommandHelp()
+
+	help, err := NewCommandHelp(fixtureCommandHelpFS(), ".")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, segments := range [][]string{
+		{"test"},
+		{"container", "test"},
+		{"rainmaker"},
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, expected.HasUserDoc(segments), help.HasUserDoc(segments), segments)
+	}
+}

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/embed.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package helpdocs
+
+import "embed"
+
+const cliCommandsDir = "cli-commands"
+
+//go:embed cli-commands
+var cliCommands embed.FS
+
+var defaultCommandHelp *CommandHelp
+
+// DefaultCommandHelp returns the compile-time embedded CLI command help lookup.
+func DefaultCommandHelp() *CommandHelp {
+	if defaultCommandHelp == nil {
+		var err error
+		if defaultCommandHelp, err = NewCommandHelp(cliCommands, cliCommandsDir); err != nil {
+			panic("helpdocs: index cli-commands: " + err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	return defaultCommandHelp
+}

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/export_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package helpdocs
+
+import "testing"
+
+func CommandHelpForTest(t *testing.T) *CommandHelp {
+	t.Helper()
+	return FixtureCommandHelp()
+}

cliv2/internal/helpdocs/fixture.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package helpdocs
+
+import "testing/fstest"
+
+var fixtureCommandHelpFiles = map[string]struct{}{
+	"test.md":           {},
+	"container.md":      {},
+	"container-test.md": {},
+	"iac.md":            {},
+	"iac-describe.md":   {},
+	"redteam.md":        {},
+}
+
+func fixtureCommandHelpFS() fstest.MapFS {
+	fsMap := fstest.MapFS{
+		"do-not-delete":     {Data: []byte("placeholder")},
+		"nested/ignored.md": {Data: []byte("# nested")},
+	}
+	for name := range fixtureCommandHelpFiles {
+		fsMap[name] = &fstest.MapFile{Data: []byte("# doc")}
+	}
+	return fsMap
+}
+
+// FixtureCommandHelp returns a minimal CommandHelp built from fstest.MapFS for unit tests.
+func FixtureCommandHelp() *CommandHelp {
+	help, err := NewCommandHelp(fixtureCommandHelpFS(), ".")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("helpdocs: fixture command help: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	return help
+}