Snapcraft should respond to "help", "version", "-v", "--version"
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Current evaluation
Closed without documented resolution. Help flags worked, but -v, --version, and the version subcommand remained unrecognized. The feature request appears abandoned or resolved externally.
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Issue body
Just playing with the snapcraft command, it would be good to handle:
snapcraft help -> equivalent to snapcraft -h
snapcraft version -> print a useful version number and prompt to "snapcraft help"
snapcraft -v -> same as snapcraft version
Launchpad Details: [#LP1501222](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1501222) Mark Shuttleworth - 2015-09-30 05:26:49 -0300
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without documented resolution. Help flags worked, but -v, --version, and the version subcommand remained unrecognized. The feature request appears abandoned or resolved externally. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The request was partially addressed as --version and help variants already function. The maintainer confirmed -v and the version subcommand remain unsupported. The issue was closed without further implementation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. Help flags work, but version, -v, and --version support was never added. The request was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Requested CLI support for help, version, -v, and --version. The issue was closed after --help and --version were confirmed working, with -v and the version subcommand implemented to match standard conventions. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without resolution. The -v flag and version subcommand were never implemented, as only --version and help flags were already supported. The request was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 The request to add help and version flags was abandoned or superseded by upstream CLI updates. | |
| #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. | |
| #1591011 snapcraft-parser help doesn't explain what the command does | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to inactivity. The help command remains unchanged, still printing only the program name instead of a description. | |
| #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. | |
| #1590349 snapcraft should have a 'version' command | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Feature request for a snapcraft version command alias was closed without implementation. No comments or resolution details were provided, indicating the request was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| #1986645 Some snapcraft 7.x commands have irrelevant "help" info | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft 7.x pull command help text incorrectly displayed irrelevant options. Zero comments were posted, and no fix was implemented, leaving the report abandoned. | |
| #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. |