cli: add what, why, and how to fix to the common errors
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #1640 (c1200d9ee) added explanations and corrective guidance to common CLI errors across 15 files.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #1640 was merged as commit c1200d9ee, adding what, why, and how-to-fix guidance to common CLI errors and resolving issue #1702.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
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First iteration over the suggestions by mpt.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1640 (c1200d9ee) added explanations and corrective guidance to common CLI errors across 15 files. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1640 (commit c1200d9ee) added explanations and corrective guidance to common CLI errors, updating 15 files (+484/-155). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1640 improved common CLI errors with explanations and fix guidance, updating 15 files (+484/−155) after two approvals. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged pull request adding what, why, and how to fix guidance to common CLI error messages. Approved by two reviewers, modified 15 files (+484/-155 lines), and passed CI after a temporary test failure was rerun. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged after addressing reviewer feedback and resolving transient test failures. The update enhances the CLI by adding what, why, and how-to-fix explanations to common error messages. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft#1702
(confidence 98%)
Follow-up issue #1702 was resolved by the error-message improvements merged in PR #1640.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1790 cli: include consistent commands to fix error conditions | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1790 at b78dbda8, standardizing corrective commands in CLI error messages and closing #1733; prerequisite #1640 added richer common-error guidance. | |
| #1702 Apply guidelines from design to error messages with reasons for errors | snapcraft | closed | Merged PR #1640 (commit c1200d9ee) added what, why, and how-to-fix guidance to common CLI errors, resolving #1702. | |
| #1347 cli: do not duplicate errors | snapcraft | merged | Merged as commit 9e8e336de, PR #1347 eliminated duplicate CLI validation errors and refactored error handling to prevent recurrence. | |
| #1733 Apply guidelines from design to error messages with commands that fix | snapcraft | closed | Merged PR #1790 standardized CLI error messages with consistent corrective commands and closed #1733 (commit b78dbda8). | |
| #3125 cli: cleanup error handling | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #3125 in commit 68c64253b, simplifying CLI error handling with inline typing and removing obsolete Ubuntu 16.04 compatibility logic. |