Merge branch 'main' into issue_1916_fix1

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v1-bug-report.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ _**( Put the version of urfave/cli that you are using here )**_
 ## Checklist
 
 - [ ] Are you running the latest v1 release? The list of releases is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/releases).
-- [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v1 manual is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/blob/main/docs/v1/manual.md).
+- [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v1 manual is [here](https://cli.urfave.org/v1/getting-started/).
 - [ ] Did you perform a search about this problem? Here's the [GitHub guide](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/using-search-to-filter-issues-and-pull-requests) about searching.
 
 ## Dependency Management

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v2-bug-report.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ _**( Put the version of urfave/cli that you are using here )**_
 ## Checklist
 
 - [ ] Are you running the latest v2 release? The list of releases is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/releases).
-- [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v2 manual is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/blob/main/docs/v2/manual.md)
+- [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v2 manual is [here](https://cli.urfave.org/v2/getting-started/)
 - [ ] Did you perform a search about this problem? Here's the [GitHub guide](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/using-search-to-filter-issues-and-pull-requests) about searching.
 
 ## Dependency Management

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/v3-feature-request.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ assignees: ''
 ## Checklist
 
 * [ ] Are you running the latest v3 release? The list of releases is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/releases).
-* [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v3 manual is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/blob/main/docs/v3/manual.md).
+* [ ] Did you check the manual for your release? The v3 manual is [here](https://github.com/urfave/cli/blob/main/docs/v3/index.md).
 * [ ] Did you perform a search about this feature? Here's the [GitHub guide](https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/using-search-to-filter-issues-and-pull-requests) about searching.
 
 ## What problem does this solve?

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ command line tools in Go featuring:
   - environment variables
   - plain text files
   - structured file formats (supported via the
-    [`urfave/cli-altsrc`][urfave/cli-docs] module)
+    [`urfave/cli-altsrc`][urfave/cli-altsrc] module)
 
 ## Documentation
 

args_test.go

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestArgumentsSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
 					Max:         1,
 					Destination: &tval,
 					Config: TimestampConfig{
-						Layout: time.RFC3339,
+						Layouts: []string{time.RFC3339},
 					},
 				},
 				&StringArg{

command.go

@@ -804,12 +804,6 @@ func (cmd *Command) parseFlags(args Args) (Args, error) {
 		return cmd.Args(), err
 	}
 
-	tracef("normalizing flags (cmd=%[1]q)", cmd.Name)
-
-	if err := normalizeFlags(cmd.Flags, cmd.flagSet); err != nil {
-		return cmd.Args(), err
-	}
-
 	tracef("done parsing flags (cmd=%[1]q)", cmd.Name)
 
 	return cmd.Args(), nil
@@ -878,6 +872,19 @@ func (cmd *Command) appendFlag(fl Flag) {
 	}
 }
 
+// VisiblePersistentFlags returns a slice of [PersistentFlag] with Persistent=true and Hidden=false.
+func (cmd *Command) VisiblePersistentFlags() []Flag {
+	var flags []Flag
+	for _, fl := range cmd.Root().Flags {
+		pfl, ok := fl.(PersistentFlag)
+		if !ok || !pfl.IsPersistent() {
+			continue
+		}
+		flags = append(flags, fl)
+	}
+	return visibleFlags(flags)
+}
+
 func (cmd *Command) appendCommand(aCmd *Command) {
 	if !hasCommand(cmd.Commands, aCmd) {
 		aCmd.parent = cmd