snapcraft-parser help doesn't explain what the command does
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Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. The help command remains unchanged, still printing only the program name instead of a description.
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Issue body
The first line of snapcraft-parser -h only prints "snapcraft-parser". That's not useful. It should instead print information about what the command does.
To reproduce:
$ snapcraft-parser -h
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. The help command remains unchanged, still printing only the program name instead of a description. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The snapcraft-parser -h command continues to display only its name instead of a usage description. No fix was implemented. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Reported that snapcraft-parser -h displays only the command name. The issue was closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. No fix was implemented. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1701 snapcraft help” only command summary | snapcraft | closed | Requesting snapcraft help to only display command summaries was closed without resolution or comments. The feature appears abandoned or superseded, with no implementation applied. | |
| #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. | |
| #23 Snapcraft should respond to "help", "version", "-v", "--version" | snapcraft | closed | Closed without documented resolution. Help flags worked, but -v, --version, and the version subcommand remained unrecognized. The feature request appears abandoned or resolved externally. | |
| #1501222 Snapcraft should respond to "help", "version", "-v", "--version" | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without implementation. The request to add help and version flags was abandoned or superseded by upstream CLI updates. | |
| #1591012 snapcraft-parser help doesn't mention the default values | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Request to display default values for snapcraft-parser index and output flags in the help menu was closed without resolution. No code changes were made, and the report was abandoned due to inactivity. | |
| #1834871 snapcraft help doesn't show --shell-before, or --shell, or --destructive-mode options | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Running snapcraft without a subcommand was deprecated, closing this report. The maintainer rejected the request to update the help output since the underlying command is no longer supported. | |
| #1698116 snapcraft help claims to have help for topics, but doesn't | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed. The CLI error message for snapcraft help without arguments was updated to list available topics, resolving the discovery confusion. |