Consider me old fashioned, but the current behavior seems more in line with
traditional unix (read sysv) commands. Usage is when when the user made
an error or explicitly asked for help. The question would then be:
Is "fossil cat" followed by
a) zero or more paths
b) one or more paths
I script fossil more (or use it through emacs vc) than use it command line.
I currently assume a). But it wouldn't kill me if b) became the
default. My
scripts will have to not exec fossil for no filenames.
-Venkat
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Johan Kuuse <jo...@kuu.se> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:31 PM, jungle Boogie <jungleboog...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On 6 June 2017 at 06:50, Johan Kuuse <jo...@kuu.se> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The following commands, executed without any arguments, are mute:
> >>
> >> f add
> >> f rm
> >> f delete
> >> f forget
> >>
> >> IMHO, they should show a help message instead.
> >>
> >
> > Is it desired to not do anything with the command isn't followed by a
> > filename/argument?
> >
>
> I cannot I think of any situation where it should be desired not
> showing the help message.
> It's just a matter about being coherent, either you show a help
> message, or you don't.
> An example:
>
> The file src/add.c contains both the commands 'add' and 'mv' (among
> others).
>
> fossil add
> (no output)
>
> fossil mv
> Usage: fossil mv OLDNAME NEWNAME
>
>
> Just discovered that the following commands behave the same (no help
> message):
> f cat
> f sha1
> f sha3
>
> The two last commands may read from stdin, but even so, they require
> at least 1 argument, '-'.
>
>
>
> Index: src/add.c
> ==================================================================
> --- src/add.c
> +++ src/add.c
> @@ -298,10 +298,13 @@
> if( find_option("dotfiles",0,0)!=0 ) scanFlags |= SCAN_ALL;
>
> /* We should be done with options.. */
> verify_all_options();
>
> + if( g.argc<3 ){
> + usage("FILE...");
> + }
> db_must_be_within_tree();
> if( zCleanFlag==0 ){
> zCleanFlag = db_get("clean-glob", 0);
> }
> if( zIgnoreFlag==0 ){
>
>
>
>
> BR,
> Johan
>
>
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Johan
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