Edit some help messages

Author: theodore-s-beers

checks/checks.go

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func CLIChecks(cliData api.CLIData, overrideBaseURL string, ch chan tea.Msg) (re
 	results = make([]api.CLIStepResult, len(cliData.Steps))
 
 	if cliData.BaseURLDefault == api.BaseURLOverrideRequired && overrideBaseURL == "" {
-		cobra.CheckErr("lesson requires a base URL override - bootdev configure base_url <url>")
+		cobra.CheckErr("lesson requires a base URL override: `bootdev configure base_url <url>`")
 	}
 
 	// prefer overrideBaseURL if provided, otherwise use BaseURLDefault

client/auth.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func LoginWithCode(code string) (*LoginResponse, error) {
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode == 403 {
-		return nil, errors.New("invalid login code, please refresh your browser then try again")
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid login code; please refresh your browser and try again")
 	}
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {

client/lessons.go

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func SubmitCLILesson(uuid string, results []CLIStepResult) (*VerificationResultS
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("To run and submit the tests for this lesson, you must have an active Boot.dev membership\nhttps://boot.dev/pricing")
 	}
 	if code != 200 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to submit CLI lesson (code: %v): %s", code, string(resp))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to submit CLI lesson (code %v): %s", code, string(resp))
 	}
 
 	result := verificationResult{}

cmd/configure.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var configureColorsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write config: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			fmt.Println("Reset colors!")
+			fmt.Println("Colors reset!")
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var configureBaseURLCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to write config: %v", err)
 			}
-			fmt.Println("Reset base URL!")
+			fmt.Println("Base URL reset!")
 			return err
 		}
 

cmd/login.go

@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ var loginCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			w = 0
 		}
 		// Pad the logo with whitespace
-		welcome := lipgloss.PlaceHorizontal(lipgloss.Width(logo), lipgloss.Center, "Welcome to the boot.dev CLI!")
+		welcome := lipgloss.PlaceHorizontal(lipgloss.Width(logo), lipgloss.Center, "Welcome to the Boot.dev CLI!")
 
 		if w >= lipgloss.Width(welcome) {
 			fmt.Println(logoRenderer())
 			fmt.Print(welcome, "\n\n")
 		} else {
-			fmt.Print("Welcome to the boot.dev CLI!\n\n")
+			fmt.Print("Welcome to the Boot.dev CLI!\n\n")
 		}
 
 		loginUrl := viper.GetString("frontend_url") + "/cli/login"

cmd/root.go

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ var cfgFile string
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bootdev",
-	Short: "The official boot.dev CLI",
-	Long: `The official CLI for boot.dev. This program is meant
-to be a companion app (not a replacement) for the website.`,
+	Short: "Official Boot.dev CLI",
+	Long: `The official CLI for Boot.dev. This program is meant
+as a companion app (not a replacement) for the website.`,
 }
 
 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func Execute(currentVersion string) error {
 
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.bootdev.yaml)")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default $HOME/.bootdev.yaml)")
 }
 
 func readViperConfig(paths []string) error {

cmd/run.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(runCmd)
-	runCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&forceSubmit, "submit", "s", false, "shortcut flag to submit instead of run")
+	runCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&forceSubmit, "submit", "s", false, "shortcut flag to submit after running")
 }
 
 // runCmd represents the run command

cmd/submit.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func submissionHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if !isAllowedOS {
-		return fmt.Errorf("lesson is not supported for your operating system: \"%s\". Try again with one of the following: %v", runtime.GOOS, data.AllowedOperatingSystems)
+		return fmt.Errorf("lesson is not supported for your operating system (%s); try again with one of the following: %v", runtime.GOOS, data.AllowedOperatingSystems)
 	}
 
 	overrideBaseURL := viper.GetString("override_base_url")