snapcraft <help> command
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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.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #1845 by sergiusens was merged, delivering `snapcraft help <command>` in commit cf20b3593. The PR record explicitly states it closed feature request #1699, and the commit is tagged with #1845.
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Issue body
Estimate: 2 days
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | 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. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Implemented `snapcraft help <command>` in merged PR #1845, resolving the request with commit cf20b3593. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation or discussion. No resolution or merge details were provided, indicating the snapcraft help command feature request was abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned and closed without implementation. The submission contained only a two-day estimate for a snapcraft help command feature and received no discussion or development activity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | A request to add a snapcraft help command was closed without implementation. With zero comments and no resolution details, the feature request was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without implementation. The feature request was likely abandoned or superseded by existing CLI help flags and documentation. No discussion or resolution details were recorded. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#1845
(confidence 97%)
PR 'cli: implement help <command>' by sergiusens, merged, commit cf20b3593, closed #1699.
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#1789
(confidence 60%)
Commit e66b29d84 'cli: improve the help command (#1789)' further refined the same help subsystem around the same era.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. | |
| #1701 snapcraft help” only command summary | snapcraft | closed | Request for concise `snapcraft help` output was closed without implementation or explanation; no resolving PR or commit was recorded. | |
| #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. | |
| #5169 snapcraft help fails on many commands | snapcraft | closed | Fixed by merged PR #5178 (commit f97d032bf), adding missing help text for positional args; maintainer closed the issue noting the fix ships in snapcraft 8.5.1. | |
| #1501222 Snapcraft should respond to "help", "version", "-v", "--version" | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft 0.4 shipped help, -h, --help and --version handling; the bare version subcommand and -v alias were not supported. | |
| #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). | |
| #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. | |
| #1591011 snapcraft-parser help doesn't explain what the command does | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by snapcore/snapcraft#986 in commit b4e53f81e, which added useful command descriptions to snapcraft-parser help. | |
| #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. | |
| #1510683 Add help subcommand | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | 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. |