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[PATCH 2/3] When no command was given, print usage message

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2006, 13:05 UTC
Message-ID
<20061022130526.16449.81113.stgit@localhost>
In-Reply-To
<20061022130214.16449.41482.stgit@localhost>
From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>

It's just silly to say "Unknown command" when the user didn't give a command. Better to tell her to use a command.

Signed-off-by: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
---
 stgit/main.py |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/stgit/main.py b/stgit/main.py
index 66128a3..02d1eb1 100644
--- a/stgit/main.py
+++ b/stgit/main.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def main():
     prog = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
-        print >> sys.stderr, 'Unknown command'
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'usage: %s <command>' % prog
         print >> sys.stderr, \
               '  Try "%s --help" for a list of supported commands' % prog
         sys.exit(1)
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Message 3 of 4 in “Fix a few rough spots in StGIT's help command”
  1. 0/3 Fix a few rough spots in StGIT's help commandKarl Hasselström, Oct 22, 2006
  2. 1/3 Let "stg help" be like "stg --help"Karl Hasselström, Oct 22, 2006
  3. 2/3 When no command was given, print usage messageKarl Hasselström, Oct 22, 2006
  4. 3/3 Disregard extraneous arguments when providing helpKarl Hasselström, Oct 22, 2006

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