Have a help command
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Closed without implementation. No pull requests or discussions were created, indicating the feature request was abandoned.
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Issue body
(Idea from [here](https://medium.com/@jdxcode/12-factor-cli-apps-dd3c227a0e46))
We should have a `help` command. Without options (`charmcraft help`) it will show the general help. Optionally it would accept a command (`charmcraft help build`), which breaks the rule of "arguments should not be optional", but as this is for guiding the users when they are wrong, to help them learn the tool, I think we can live with it.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. No pull requests or discussions were created, indicating the feature request was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The feature request for a help command was abandoned, with no associated pull request or resolution recorded. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without discussion or implementation. The maintainer request for a charmcraft help command was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The proposed help command was not implemented or tracked via a pull request. The issue was closed without resolution or merge. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without discussion or implementation. The requested help command for charmcraft was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1510683 Add help subcommand | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Request to add a help subcommand for snapcraft topics and plugins was closed without implementation. No pull requests were linked, indicating the feature request was abandoned. | |
| #1699 snapcraft <help> command | snapcraft | closed | Closed without implementation or discussion. No resolution or merge details were provided, indicating the snapcraft help command feature request was abandoned. | |
| #1791175 check for the existence of a command | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without discussion or comments. Likely abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. No code changes, patches, or merge details were recorded. | |
| #3 Support for long help texts from each command | charmcraft | closed | Closed without implementation. The feature request for per-command long help text was abandoned after over six years with zero comments or linked pull requests. | |
| #273 `help` command writes to stderr rather than stdout | craft-cli | closed | Closed without a fix. Only a Jira tracking ticket was created. No pull request was opened, indicating the bug report was abandoned or deferred. |