Add help subcommand
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Help subcommand with topic and plugin support added in snapcraft (commit 1d4f90583 "Add help", plus follow-ups on snapcraft/help.py such as 0b91f34fb fixing plugin listing). Confirmed by elopio and closed by sergiusens as released in snapcraft 0.4.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The feature was implemented and released: commit 1d4f90583 added snapcraft/help.py providing help for topics and plugins, followed by fixes (0b91f34fb "Listing plugins on help should not raise an exception", 341761c1b, f70a6cffb). Maintainer sergiusens confirmed "Released in snapcraft 0.4" in the closing comment.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Help subcommand with topic and plugin support added in snapcraft (commit 1d4f90583 "Add help", plus follow-ups on snapcraft/help.py such as 0b91f34fb fixing plugin listing). Confirmed by elopio and closed by sergiusens as released in snapcraft 0.4. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Implemented the help subcommand with topic and plugin support, including a plugin-listing fix; released in Snapcraft 0.4. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Added topic- and plugin-specific help via the new help subcommand, implemented in commit 3c3cbcf84 and confirmed working in October 2015. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed after eight days of inactivity with zero comments, indicating the request was abandoned or superseded by existing help functionality. No implementation or merge details were recorded. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | 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. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation or discussion. The requested snapcraft help subcommand was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Feature request for a snapcraft help subcommand was closed without implementation or discussion. No resolution or merge details were provided, indicating the request was abandoned. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#0
(confidence 60%)
Resolving commit 1d4f90583 "Add help" plus follow-ups 0b91f34fb (plugin listing fix) in snapcraft/help.py; shipped in snapcraft 0.4. Ref given as commit SHAs since this is a Launchpad bug, not a GitHub PR.
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Related To:
snapcraft (launchpad)#1698116
(confidence 55%)
Follow-up bug noting `snapcraft help` claimed to support topics but did not; later fixed by merged commit e66b29d84.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #32 Add help subcommand | snapcraft | closed | Implemented snapcraft help in commit 3c3cbcf84; the maintainer confirmed topic and plugin help worked as expected before closure. | |
| #1789 cli: improve the help command | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1789 in commit e66b29d84, giving snapcraft help parity with --help and exposing topic and plugin help; it resolved snapcraft#1698. | |
| #1845 cli: implement help <command> | snapcraft | merged | PR #1845 (commit cf20b3593) by sergiusens merged command-specific help support, adding `snapcraft help <command>` to the CLI and closing feature request #1699. | |
| #1582506 --help needs some love | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Resolved by snapcore/snapcraft#1307 (commit d34dc16af), replacing docopt with Click and adding clearer per-subcommand help and option summaries. | |
| #1698 “snapcraft help” parity with --help | snapcraft | closed | Fixed by merged PR #1789 (commit e66b29d84), aligning “snapcraft help” with --help and exposing topic and plugin help. | |
| #1699 snapcraft <help> command | snapcraft | closed | Feature request by maintainer sergiusens to add a `snapcraft help <command>` sub-command. Resolved by merged PR #1845, commit cf20b3593 ("cli: implement help <command> (#1845)"), which added command-specific help support. | |
| #1698116 snapcraft help claims to have help for topics, but doesn't | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Merged PR #1789 in commit e66b29d84 improved `snapcraft help` so its available topics can be discovered. | |
| #1986645 Some snapcraft 7.x commands have irrelevant "help" info | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed in Snapcraft 8 by command-group help refactoring merged in canonical/snapcraft#4934 (commit 6a388877f). |