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Commands from files not displaying description

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the missing description with --help using the command():file() function and examples/04_commands--git.lua. Trace how command descriptions from files are loaded and displayed; done means the sample's command description appears in its --help output.

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Description

bug

I'm experimenting with the new command features and not having much luck getting the command description to display with --help when using the command():file() function.

Is this a known issue or am I using it wrong? I've tried a couple different things, and haven't gotten it to work.

For what it's worth, I'm seeing the same behavior with the examples/04_commands--git.lua sample.

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