hard to run help to figure out your args
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Current evaluation
charmcraft's help command errors out when given extra/bad arguments (e.g. 'charmcraft help close --bad-args' or 'cmd --help extra'), instead of showing help for the named command. Maintainer acknowledged and filed craft-cli#68 to fix; still open and unaddressed.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: Maintainer facundobatista acknowledged the issue (2021-11-03) and explicitly created canonical/craft-cli#68 (2022-03-07) to implement the desired behaviour, so it is triaged and valid. The underlying 'Too many parameters when requesting help' error still exists in craft_cli/dispatcher.py, so the issue remains relevant and is effectively blocked on the upstream craft-cli change rather than stale.
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
60
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
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keep open | charmcraft's help command errors out when given extra/bad arguments (e.g. 'charmcraft help close --bad-args' or 'cmd --help extra'), instead of showing help for the named command. Maintainer acknowledged and filed craft-cli#68 to fix; still open and unaddressed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
65
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
keep open | CLI help command fails when extra arguments are provided, causing confusing error messages. Maintainer acknowledged the UX flaw and filed an upstream fix in craft-cli, with an internal Jira ticket created. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | CLI help command fails with unrecognized arguments when extra flags are passed; triaged and linked to an external craft-cli dependency, but inactive for over 5 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
70
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | CLI help command fails when combined with arguments, causing confusing error messages. Maintainer acknowledged the UX flaw and filed a downstream issue in craft-cli to fix argument parsing behavior. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
80
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | Help command rejects extra or invalid arguments even when a valid subcommand is present. Requesting it ignore extra args to show relevant help. Related craft-cli issue opened and internal ticket CRAFT-3414 created to track the upstream fix. |
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Blocked By:
canonical/craft-cli#68
(confidence 90%)
Maintainer created this craft-cli issue to get the behaviour where help ignores trailing bad args; it is still open and untriaged, and the 'Too many parameters' error persists in craft_cli/dispatcher.py.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #68 Better output information when requesting help for a command with bad arguments for that command | craft-cli | open | craft-cli help command errors with 'Too many parameters' when given a valid command name plus an invalid option (e.g. `charmcraft help close --bad-args`); it should show help for the named command. Still unfixed in current code; no maintainer triage, only a Jira-sync bot comment. |