[0.14] bzr help -- minor improvement suggestion

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Fri Jun 1 16:44:02 BST 2007


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Jari Aalto wrote:
> bzr help reads:
> 
>     Bazaar -- a free distributed version-control tool
>     http://bazaar-vcs.org/
> 
>     Basic commands:
>       bzr init           makes this directory a versioned branch
>       bzr branch         make a copy of another branch
> 
>       bzr add            make files or directories versioned
>       bzr ignore         ignore a file or pattern
>       bzr mv             move or rename a versioned file
> 
>       bzr status         summarize changes in working copy
>       bzr diff           show detailed diffs
> 
>       bzr merge          pull in changes from another branch
>       bzr commit         save some or all changes
> 
>       bzr log            show history of changes
>       bzr check          validate storage
> 
>       bzr help init      more help on e.g. init command
>       bzr help commands  list all commands
>       bzr help topics    list all help topics
> 
> I suggest to make a small change:
> 
>     Bazaar -- a free distributed version-control tool
>     http://bazaar-vcs.org/
> 
>     Basic commands:
>       bzr init           makes this directory a versioned branch
>       bzr branch         make a copy of another branch
> 
>       bzr add            make files or directories versioned
>       bzr ignore         ignore a file or pattern
>       bzr mv             move or rename a versioned file
> 
>       bzr status         summarize changes in working copy
>       bzr diff           show detailed diffs
> 
>       bzr merge          pull in changes from another branch
>       bzr commit         save some or all changes
> 
>       bzr log            show history of changes
>       bzr check          validate storage
> 
>       bzr help commands  list all commands
>       bzr help topics    list all help topics
> !     bzr help <cmd>     more help on e.g. "bzr help init"
> 
> Jari

Sorry this fell by the wayside. I do like it, though the help
description isn't quite right. Specifically I think:

  bzr help <cmd>    show specific help for <cmd> e.g. "bzr help init"

If that is too long, you could just remove the word "specific".

John
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