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Severine Tymon updated HAWQ-928:
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Priority: Minor (was: Major)
Fix Version/s: backlog
> Improve user experience of command-line help for hawq CLI utilities
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> Key: HAWQ-928
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-928
> Project: Apache HAWQ
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Command Line Tools, Documentation
> Reporter: Severine Tymon
> Assignee: Lei Chang
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: backlog
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> This is an umbrella jira that could be broken into smaller pieces if any of
> these improvements are deemed worthwhile/useful. While working with the HAWQ
> CLI, I've noticed some issues with the command help documentation:
> 1) The option used to obtain help is not consistent. Some commands (like hawq
> checkperf) only take the '-?' option, while others do not take '-?' but take
> '-h' or '--help'. Some do not take '-h' because there is already an '-h'
> option, typically to supply a hostname.
> 2) Large variations in style and depth of command line help-- some commands
> (like hawq check) are long, man page style help, while others only provide
> brief command usage (hawq config).
> 3) Representations of command-line syntax are inconsistent. Some use <>, some
> use all caps to indicate user-provided values.
> 4) Indicating the default value would be helpful in some cases. For example,
> the --locale, --lc* options of hawq init. (We do provide detailed explanation
> in product docs, but would help if cli informed users where the defaults come
> from if these options are not specified.)
> 5) Outdated external references ("Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs at
> postgresql.org>", EMC download links, Greenplum and gpssh, gpssh)
> 6) Very minor-- Inconsistent word choice, punctuation and spelling
> (capitalization).
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