Hi, I would like to add 2 more options to the command line: "ant -tasks " will list all defined tasks in a build.xml file "ant -properties" will list all top-level defined properties.
Both would be very useful to avoid searching in build.xml. An aditional extension ( that will make build.xml files incompatible with older versions of ant ) is to add a "description" attribute to <property> and <target>. This will allow a nice self-documenting listing, and improve the readability of build.xml. Let me know what you think - I can send a patch ( or check in - if I'm still on the commiter list :-)). Costin
