feat: support "help" as a subcommand synonymous with "--help" #868#878
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Pull request overview
Adds support for using help as a CLI subcommand (e.g., linode-cli instance help, linode-cli help instance) by translating help into --help early in argument handling.
Changes:
- Rewrites
sys.argvwhenhelpis detected at the beginning or end of the argument list. - Adds a subprocess-based pytest to validate
instance helpbehavior. - Introduces a
package-lock.jsonfile.
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linodecli/cli.py |
Adds early argument rewriting to map help to --help. |
tests/test_help_alias.py |
Adds an end-to-end style test that invokes the module and checks help output. |
package-lock.json |
Adds a Node lockfile (currently empty). |
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@mgwoj there are a little bit changes from co- pilot which ai gives unnessesary for the expansion of code the solution i had done covered the main portion which fix the issue so please consider it as a corrected code |
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Added support for using
helpas a subcommand in the CLI.Closes #868
What this does
Now the following commands work:
linode-cli instance help
linode-cli help instance
Both behave the same as using
--help.Why
While using different CLIs, I often find myself typing
helpas a subcommand instead of--help. Many tools like git and aws support this pattern, so adding it here makes the CLI a bit more intuitive and user-friendly.Implementation
This is handled by checking for
helpin the arguments early and mapping it to--help. The change is minimal and doesn’t affect existing functionality.Notes
If there’s a preferred way to handle this at the parser level instead of rewriting argv, I’m happy to update the implementation.