This PR adds help text for each inferred target that provides
`metadata.help.command`. To pass options/args to the target, users are
directed to open `project.json` and copy the values from `--help` output
into `options` property of the target.
To display the options help section, the inferred target must provide
metadata as follows:
```json5
metadata: {
help: {
command: `foo --help`
example: {
options: {
bar: true
},
},
},
},
```
The `help.command` value will be used to retrieve help text for the
underlying CLI (e.g. `jest --help`). The `help.example` property
contains sample options and args that users can add to their
`project.json` file -- currently rendered in the hover tooltip of
`project.json` hint text.
---
Example with `vite build --help`:
<img width="1257" alt="Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 3 06 21 PM"
src="https://github.com/nrwl/nx/assets/53559/b94cdcde-80da-4fa5-9f93-11af7fbcaf27">
Result of clicking `Run`:
<img width="1257" alt="Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 3 06 24 PM"
src="https://github.com/nrwl/nx/assets/53559/6803a5a8-9bbd-4510-b9ff-fa895a5b3402">
`project.json` tooltip hint:
<img width="1392" alt="Screenshot 2024-06-25 at 12 44 02 PM"
src="https://github.com/nrwl/nx/assets/53559/565002ae-7993-4dda-ac5d-4b685710f65e">
feat(core): added the ability to split command property into an array in nx:run-commands executor (#20201)
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