cli: integrate craft-cli and add version command (CRAFT-730)
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Current evaluation
Merged after integrating craft-cli and adding a version command, falling back to the legacy implementation for other functionality. Passed CI, approved, and merged. Help output remains handled by the legacy system until fully updated.
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Issue body
Handle message output and command line arguments parsing using
craft-cli. Implement the `version` command and fall back to the
legacy snapcraft implementation to handle all other functionality.
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- [x] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh static`?
- [x] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh tests/unit`?
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after integrating craft-cli and adding a version command, falling back to the legacy implementation for other functionality. Passed CI, approved, and merged. Help output remains handled by the legacy system until fully updated. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into snapcraft/7.0. Integrated craft-cli for argument parsing and output, added a version command, and retained legacy snapcraft fallback for other functionality. Author noted a follow-up regarding help command fallback behavior. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into snapcraft/7.0. Integrated craft-cli for CLI parsing and output, added a version command, and retained legacy snapcraft fallback. Author noted --help should defer to legacy implementation until new help is complete. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1746 cli: add version command | snapcraft | merged | Merged after reviewer approval and passing CI. Adds a CLI version command to snapcraft, resolving feedback on click message parameters, type checking, and whitespace before final merge. | |
| #3682 cli: fix help command legacy fallback | snapcraft | merged | Merged fix for the CLI help command legacy fallback. Handles craft-cli's ProvideHelpException to standardize help output. Approved, passed CI, and achieved 100% diff coverage before merging into the 7.0 branch. | |
| #3735 commands: help for all legacy commands | snapcraft | merged | Merged implementation adding help text for all legacy commands via passthrough. Approved, passed CI, and resolves CRAFT-986 through CRAFT-991. Minor coverage decrease noted but accepted. | |
| #577 Craft cli integration | charmcraft | merged | Merged the Craft CLI integration authored by maintainer facundobatista. Approved by one reviewer, the change modifies 45 files with 922 additions and 1358 deletions, successfully implementing command-line interface support. | |
| #635 Use all functionality from craft-cli (CRAFT-710). | charmcraft | merged | Merged after approval. Integrated all craft-cli functionality, netting a reduction of 1724 lines across 11 files. Resolves CRAFT-710. |