"Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:jecuno$18e6$1...@digitalmars.com... > > Something possibly releated I've been meaning to bring up: I've been > thinking that DVM's commands and options should work more like, say, git > or svn. By that I mean: Right now DVM has a set of commands, and a set of > "global" DVM options. Problem is, some of the options only apply to some > of the commands. This sugegsts a few changes: > > 1. "dvm --help" should only show globally-applicable options. (--verbose > and --help are probably only ones right now.) > > 2. "dvm [command] --help" (and maybe "dvm --help [command]", too) should > show a command-specific help screen. >
3. Use of inapplicable options, like "dvm --default fetch 2.057", should be an error. > This isn't a *huge* need right now, but I think it'll only become more and > more important as DVM progresses. I don't know if this is something that > should be taken into account in the refactoring, or just left until after. >