keep error logging consistent

add Taskfile.man.yml
include it in the main Taskfile

add man flag to Flags section in README

.gitignore

@@ -1,21 +1,40 @@
+# Generated by ignr: github.com/onyx-and-iris/ignr
+
+## Go ##
+# If you prefer the allow list template instead of the deny list, see community template:
+# https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/community/Golang/Go.AllowList.gitignore
+#
 # Binaries for programs and plugins
 *.exe
 *.exe~
 *.dll
 *.so
 *.dylib
-bin/
 
 # Test binary, built with `go test -c`
 *.test
 
-# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
+# Code coverage profiles and other test artifacts
 *.out
+coverage.*
+*.coverprofile
+profile.cov
 
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 # vendor/
 
-# Added by goreleaser init:
-dist/
+# Go workspace file
+go.work
+go.work.sum
 
+# env file
+.env
 .envrc
+
+# Editor/IDE
+# .idea/
+# .vscode/
+
+# End of ignr
+
+vbantxt.1

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/tekwizely/pre-commit-golang
+    rev: v1.0.0-rc.4
+    hooks:
+      - id: go-mod-tidy

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ Before any major/minor/patch bump all unit tests will be run to verify they pass
 
 -   [x]
 
-# [0.6.0] - 2025-02-14
+# [0.7.0] - 2026-04-25
+
+### Added
+
+- --man flag for man page generation.
+
+# [0.6.0] - 2026-02-14
 
 ### Added
 

README.md

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ FLAGS
   -C, --config STRING       Path to the configuration file (default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vbantxt/config.toml)
   -l, --loglevel STRING     Log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic) (default: warn)
   -v, --version             Show version information
+  -m, --man                 Print man page and exit
 ```
 
 Pass --host, --port and --streamname as flags on the root command, for example:

Taskfile.man.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: '3'
+
+tasks:
+  default:
+    desc: View man page
+    cmds:
+      - task: view
+
+  view:
+    desc: View man page
+    cmds:
+      - go run ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}} --man | man -l -
+
+  generate:
+    desc: Generate man page
+    cmds:
+      - go run ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}} --man > {{.PROGRAM}}.1

Taskfile.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 version: '3'
 
+includes:
+  man: Taskfile.man.yml
+
 vars:
   PROGRAM: vbantxt
   SHELL: '{{if eq .OS "Windows_NT"}}powershell{{end}}'
@@ -38,19 +41,22 @@ tasks:
   build-windows:
     desc: Build the vbantxt project for Windows
     cmds:
-      - GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.WINDOWS}} -ldflags="-X main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
+      - GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.WINDOWS}} -ldflags="-X
+        main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
     internal: true
 
   build-linux:
     desc: Build the vbantxt project for Linux
     cmds:
-      - GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.LINUX}} -ldflags="-X main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
+      - GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.LINUX}} -ldflags="-X
+        main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
     internal: true
 
   build-macos:
     desc: Build the vbantxt project for macOS
     cmds:
-      - GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.MACOS}} -ldflags="-X main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
+      - GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.MACOS}} -ldflags="-X
+        main.version={{.VERSION}}" ./cmd/{{.PROGRAM}}/
     internal: true
 
   test:

cmd/vbantxt/main.go

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	mff "github.com/StevenACoffman/mango-ff"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
+	"github.com/muesli/mango"
+	"github.com/muesli/roff"
 	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4"
 	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4/ffhelp"
 	"github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4/fftoml"
@@ -20,6 +23,19 @@ import (
 
 var version string // Version will be set at build time
 
+// versionFromBuild retrieves the version information from the build metadata.
+func versionFromBuild() string {
+	if version != "" {
+		return version
+	}
+
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if !ok {
+		return "(unable to read version)"
+	}
+	return strings.Split(info.Main.Version, "-")[0]
+}
+
 // Flags holds the command-line flags for the VBANTXT client.
 type Flags struct {
 	Host       string
@@ -31,6 +47,7 @@ type Flags struct {
 	ConfigPath string // Path to the configuration file
 	Loglevel   string // Log level
 	Version    bool   // Version flag
+	Man        bool   // Print the man page to stdout and exit
 }
 
 func (f *Flags) String() string {
@@ -105,6 +122,7 @@ func run() (func(), error) {
 		"Log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic)",
 	)
 	fs.BoolVar(&flags.Version, 'v', "version", "Show version information")
+	fs.BoolVar(&flags.Man, 'm', "man", "Print man page and exit")
 
 	err = ff.Parse(fs, os.Args[1:],
 		ff.WithEnvVarPrefix("VBANTXT"),
@@ -125,6 +143,21 @@ func run() (func(), error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	if flags.Man {
+		manPage := mango.NewManPage(
+			1,
+			"vbantxt",
+			"A command-line tool for sending text requests over VBAN",
+		)
+
+		if err := fs.WalkFlags(mff.FFlagVisitor(manPage)); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build man page: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(manPage.Build(roff.NewDocument()))
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	level, err := log.ParseLevel(flags.Loglevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid log level %q", flags.Loglevel)
@@ -149,19 +182,6 @@ func run() (func(), error) {
 	return closer, nil
 }
 
-// versionFromBuild retrieves the version information from the build metadata.
-func versionFromBuild() string {
-	if version != "" {
-		return version
-	}
-
-	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
-	if !ok {
-		return "(unable to read version)"
-	}
-	return strings.Split(info.Main.Version, "-")[0]
-}
-
 // createClient creates a new vban client with the provided options.
 func createClient(flags *Flags) (*vbantxt.VbanTxt, func(), error) {
 	client, err := vbantxt.New(

go.mod

@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ module github.com/onyx-and-iris/vbantxt
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.2
+	github.com/StevenACoffman/mango-ff v0.0.0-20260411205343-7f039223efef
+	github.com/charmbracelet/log v1.0.0
+	github.com/muesli/mango v0.2.0
+	github.com/muesli/roff v0.1.0
 	github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4 v4.0.0-beta.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6 // indirect
+	github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.7 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.15 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.11.0 // indirect
@@ -20,16 +23,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.21 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.23 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260218203240-3dfff04db8fa // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.41.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260410095643-746e56fc9e2f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.43.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
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-github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.2 h1:BdSNuMjRbotnxHSfxy+PCSa4xAmz7szw70ktAtWRYrY=
-github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.2/go.mod h1:0rTi81QpwDElInthtrQ6Ni7cG0sDtwAd4C4le060fT8=
+github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3 h1:QPa1IWkYI+AOB+fE+mg/5/4HRMZcaXex9t5KX76i20Q=
+github.com/charmbracelet/colorprofile v0.4.3/go.mod h1:/zT4BhpD5aGFpqQQqw7a+VtHCzu+zrQtt1zhMt9mR4Q=
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-github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.2 h1:hYt8Qj6a8yLnvR+h7MwsJv/XvmBJXiueUcI3cIxsyig=
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-github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6 h1:GhV21SiDz/45W9AnV2R61xZMRri5NlLnl6CVF7ihZW8=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.6/go.mod h1:2JNYLgQUsyqaiLovhU2Rv/pb8r6ydXKS3NIttu3VGZQ=
+github.com/charmbracelet/log v1.0.0 h1:HVVVMmfOorfj3BA9i8X8UL69Hoz9lI0PYwXfJvOdRc4=
+github.com/charmbracelet/log v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uYgY3SmLpwJWxmlrPwXvzVYujxis1vAKRV/0VQB7yWA=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.7 h1:kzv1kJvjg2S3r9KHo8hDdHFQLEqn4RBCb39dAYC84jI=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.11.7/go.mod h1:9qGpnAVYz+8ACONkZBUWPtL7lulP9No6p1epAihUZwQ=
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@@ -27,31 +29,34 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
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-github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.3.0/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i7ruzyGqttikkLy0=
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