This commit extends the documentation effort by adding detailed explanatory
comments to key CLI components and core functionality throughout the cmd/
directory. The changes focus on explaining WHY certain logic is needed,
not just WHAT the code does, improving code maintainability and helping
developers understand complex business decisions.
Key improvements:
- Main entry points: Document CLI initialization, logging setup, and cache
configuration with reasoning for design decisions
- DNS proxy core: Explain DNS proxy constants, data structures, and core
processing pipeline for handling DNS queries
- Service management: Document service command structure, configuration
patterns, and platform-specific service handling
- Logging infrastructure: Explain log buffer management, level encoders,
and log formatting decisions for different use cases
- Metrics and monitoring: Document Prometheus metrics structure, HTTP
endpoints, and conditional metric collection for performance
- Network handling: Explain Linux-specific network interface filtering,
virtual interface detection, and DNS configuration management
- Hostname validation: Document RFC1123 compliance and DNS naming
standards for system compatibility
- Mobile integration: Explain HTTP retry logic, fallback mechanisms, and
mobile platform integration patterns
- Connection management: Document connection wrapper design to prevent
log pollution during process lifecycle
Technical details:
- Added explanatory comments to 11 additional files in cmd/cli/
- Maintained consistent documentation style and format
- Preserved all existing functionality while improving code clarity
- Enhanced understanding of complex business logic and platform-specific
behavior
These comments help future developers understand the reasoning behind
complex decisions, making the codebase more maintainable and reducing
the risk of incorrect modifications during maintenance.
Generating nextdns config must happen after stopping current ctrld
process. Otherwise, config processing may pick wrong IP+Port.
While at it, also making logging better when updating listener config:
- Change warn to info, prevent confusing that "something is wrong".
- Do not emit info when generating working default config, which may
cause duplicated messages printed.
