rambleraptor commented on code in PR #3934:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/3934#discussion_r3993393271


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pyiceberg/cli/console.py:
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@@ -142,38 +143,61 @@ def list(ctx: Context, parent: str | None) -> None:  # 
pylint: disable=redefined
 
 
 @run.command()
[email protected]("--entity", type=click.Choice(["any", "namespace", "table"]), 
default="any")
[email protected](
+    "--entity",
+    type=click.Choice(["any", "namespace", "table"]),
+    default="any",
+    help="Entity type. 'any' auto-detects and requires --entity when 
ambiguous.",
+)
 @click.argument("identifier")
 @click.pass_context
 @catch_exception()
-def describe(ctx: Context, entity: Literal["name", "namespace", "table"], 
identifier: str) -> None:
+def describe(ctx: Context, entity: Literal["any", "namespace", "table"], 
identifier: str) -> None:
     """Describe a namespace or a table."""
     catalog, output = _catalog_and_output(ctx)
     identifier_tuple = Catalog.identifier_to_tuple(identifier)
 
-    is_namespace = False
-    if entity in {"namespace", "any"} and len(identifier_tuple) > 0:
-        try:
-            namespace_properties = 
catalog.load_namespace_properties(identifier_tuple)
-            output.describe_properties(namespace_properties)
-            is_namespace = True
-        except NoSuchNamespaceError as exc:
-            if entity != "any" or len(identifier_tuple) == 1:  # type: ignore
-                raise exc
-
-    is_table = False
-    if entity in {"table", "any"} and len(identifier_tuple) > 1:
-        try:
-            catalog_table = catalog.load_table(identifier)
-            output.describe_table(catalog_table)
-            is_table = True
-        except NoSuchTableError as exc:
-            if entity != "any":
-                raise exc
-
-    if is_namespace is False and is_table is False:
+    if entity == "namespace":

Review Comment:
   Yeah that would be great. I saw that's what you were trying to do, but that 
little bit of duplication was definitely bugging me 😂



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