fix: consistent tab spacing in describe commands by phm07 · Pull Request #1216 · hetznercloud/cli

phm07 · 2025-10-30T10:17:33Z

This PR makes the spacing used in describe commands consistent by utilizing Go's tabwriter.

apricote · 2025-10-30T12:46:07Z

I like that its way less manual work to align the fields.

Just playing around with the output, I find it easier to understand if each "sub-object" would have its own indent level, and there are new lines between the different "sub-objects".

Output from this PR

$ hcloud storage-box describe test-sizes
ID:                          469232
Name:                        test-sizes
Created:                     Wed Aug 20 11:53:51 CEST 2025 (2 months ago)
Status:                      active
Username:                    u486114
Server:                      u486114.your-storagebox.de
System:                      FSN1-BX380
Snapshot Plan:               No snapshot plan active
Protection:                  
  Delete:                    false
Stats:                       
  Size:                      1000 MiB
  Size Data:                 0 B
  Size Snapshots:            1000 MiB
Labels:                      No labels
Access Settings:             
  Reachable Externally:      true
  Samba Enabled:             false
  SSH Enabled:               true
  WebDAV Enabled:            false
  ZFS Enabled:               true
Storage Box Type:            
  ID:                        1333
  Name:                      bx11
  Description:               BX11
  Size:                      1.0 TiB
  Snapshot Limit:            10
  Automatic Snapshot Limit:  10
  Subaccounts Limit:         100
Location:                    
  Location ID:               1
  Name:                      fsn1
  Description:               Falkenstein DC Park 1
  Network Zone:              eu-central
  Country:                   DE
  City:                      Falkenstein
  Latitude:                  50.476119
  Longitude:                 12.370071

Output for my suggestion

$ hcloud storage-box describe test-sizes
ID:        469232
Name:      test-sizes
Created:   Wed Aug 20 11:53:51 CEST 2025 (2 months ago)
Status:    active
Username:  u486114
Server:    u486114.your-storagebox.de
System:    FSN1-BX380

Snapshot Plan:  No snapshot plan active

Protection:
  Delete:  false

Stats:
  Size:            1000 MiB
  Size Data:       0 B
  Size Snapshots:  1000 MiB

Labels:  No labels

Access Settings:
  Reachable Externally:  true
  Samba Enabled:         false
  SSH Enabled:           true
  WebDAV Enabled:        false
  ZFS Enabled:           true

Storage Box Type:
  ID:                        1333
  Name:                      bx11
  Description:               BX11
  Size:                      1.0 TiB
  Snapshot Limit:            10
  Automatic Snapshot Limit:  10
  Subaccounts Limit:         100

Location:
  Location ID:   1
  Name:          fsn1
  Description:   Falkenstein DC Park 1
  Network Zone:  eu-central
  Country:       DE
  City:          Falkenstein
  Latitude:      50.476119
  Longitude:     12.370071

Diff for my formatting

diff --git a/internal/cmd/storagebox/describe.go b/internal/cmd/storagebox/describe.go
index c09ea7d8..93c1a35f 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/storagebox/describe.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/storagebox/describe.go
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ var DescribeCmd = base.DescribeCmd[*hcloud.StorageBox]{
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "Server:\t%s\n", storageBox.Server)
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "System:\t%s\n", storageBox.System)
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                snapshotPlan := storageBox.SnapshotPlan
                if snapshotPlan == nil {
                        fmt.Fprintf(out, "Snapshot Plan:\tNo snapshot plan active\n")
                } else {
-                       fmt.Fprintf(out, "Snapshot Plan:\t\n")
+                       fmt.Fprintf(out, "Snapshot Plan:\n")
                        fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Max Snapshots:\t%d\n", snapshotPlan.MaxSnapshots)
                        fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Minute:\t%d\n", snapshotPlan.Minute)
                        fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Hour:\t%d\n", snapshotPlan.Hour)
@@ -55,31 +56,37 @@ var DescribeCmd = base.DescribeCmd[*hcloud.StorageBox]{
                        }
                }
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                protection := storageBox.Protection
-               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Protection:\t\n")
+               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Protection:\n")
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Delete:\t%t\n", protection.Delete)
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                stats := storageBox.Stats
-               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Stats:\t\n")
+               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Stats:\n")
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Size:\t%s\n", humanize.IBytes(stats.Size))
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Size Data:\t%s\n", humanize.IBytes(stats.SizeData))
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Size Snapshots:\t%s\n", humanize.IBytes(stats.SizeSnapshots))
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                util.DescribeLabels(out, storageBox.Labels, "")
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                accessSettings := storageBox.AccessSettings
-               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Access Settings:\t\n")
+               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Access Settings:\n")
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Reachable Externally:\t%t\n", accessSettings.ReachableExternally)
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  Samba Enabled:\t%t\n", accessSettings.SambaEnabled)
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  SSH Enabled:\t%t\n", accessSettings.SSHEnabled)
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  WebDAV Enabled:\t%t\n", accessSettings.WebDAVEnabled)
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "  ZFS Enabled:\t%t\n", accessSettings.ZFSEnabled)
 
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
                typeDescription, _ := storageboxtype.DescribeStorageBoxType(s, storageBox.StorageBoxType, true)
-               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Storage Box Type:\t\n")
+               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Storage Box Type:\n")
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s", util.PrefixLines(typeDescription, "  "))
 
-               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Location:\t\n")
+               fmt.Fprintln(out)
+               fmt.Fprintf(out, "Location:\n")
                fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s", util.PrefixLines(location.DescribeLocation(storageBox.Location), "  "))
 
                return nil
diff --git a/internal/cmd/util/util.go b/internal/cmd/util/util.go
index 486ee1c4..5febd8e6 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/util/util.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func DescribeLabels(out io.Writer, labels map[string]string, prefix string) {
        if len(labels) == 0 {
                _, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "%sLabels:\tNo labels\n", prefix)
        } else {
-               _, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "%sLabels:\t\n", prefix)
+               _, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "%sLabels:\n", prefix)
                for key, value := range IterateInOrder(labels) {
                        _, _ = fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s  %s:\t%s\n", prefix, key, value)
                }

phm07 · 2025-10-30T12:51:34Z

Would be fine for me, looks a bit more organized

apricote

Very nice already :) Found some minor formatting inconsistencies

apricote · 2025-10-31T14:59:20Z

+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Fingerprint:\t%s\n", sshKey.Fingerprint)
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(out)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Public Key:\n%s\n", strings.TrimSpace(sshKey.PublicKey))


Maybe with some space infront of the string?

Suggested change

fmt.Fprintf(out, "Public Key:\n%s\n", strings.TrimSpace(sshKey.PublicKey))

fmt.Fprintf(out, "Public Key:\n %s\n", strings.TrimSpace(sshKey.PublicKey))

Could be annoying if the whitespace is included when copying the line

codecov · 2025-11-06T15:04:02Z

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❌ Patch coverage is 81.77843% with 125 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 72.47%. Comparing base (e1cbe03) to head (de603ed).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on main.

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internal/cmd/loadbalancer/describe.go	36.17%	59 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/server/describe.go	65.85%	28 Missing ⚠️
internal/cmd/image/describe.go	80.64%	4 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
internal/cmd/zone/describe.go	79.31%	6 Missing ⚠️
internal/cmd/certificate/describe.go	88.88%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/network/describe.go	88.88%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/primaryip/describe.go	88.00%	3 Missing ⚠️
internal/cmd/servertype/describe.go	91.66%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/storageboxtype/describe.go	90.90%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
internal/cmd/base/describe.go	60.00%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
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fix: consistent tab spacing in describe commands

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	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Public Key:\n%s\n", strings.TrimSpace(sshKey.PublicKey))
	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Public Key:\n %s\n", strings.TrimSpace(sshKey.PublicKey))

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