Add help subcommand
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Current evaluation
Implemented snapcraft help in commit 3c3cbcf84; the maintainer confirmed topic and plugin help worked as expected before closure.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The help subcommand was added in commit 3c3cbcf84 and later migrated with commit 00642d304. Maintainer Sergio Schvezov confirmed on 2015-10-29 that it worked as expected.
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Issue body
The help subcommand should provide help for specific snapcraft topics and plugins.
Launchpad Details: [#LP1510683](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1510683) Sergio Schvezov - 2015-10-27 16:50:26 -0300
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Implemented snapcraft help in commit 3c3cbcf84; the maintainer confirmed topic and plugin help worked as expected before closure. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Implemented the help subcommand in commit 3c3cbcf84; Sergio Schvezov confirmed the requested behavior worked as expected in October 2015. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Implemented the help subcommand for snapcraft topics and plugins. Verified as working by the maintainer and closed as resolved. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Implementation of the requested help subcommand for snapcraft topics and plugins was completed. The maintainer confirmed the feature works as expected, and the request was successfully resolved and closed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Implemented the help subcommand for snapcraft topics and plugins. The maintainer verified functionality and closed the issue as resolved. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Implemented the help subcommand for snapcraft topics and plugins. Maintainer confirmed functionality, resolving the request. Issue closed as fixed. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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). |