feat: support "help" as a subcommand synonymous with "--help" #868#878
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Added support for using
helpas a subcommand in the CLI.Closes #868
What this does
Now the following commands work:
linode-cli instance help
linode-cli help instance
Both behave the same as using
--help.Why
While using different CLIs, I often find myself typing
helpas a subcommand instead of--help. Many tools like git and aws support this pattern, so adding it here makes the CLI a bit more intuitive and user-friendly.Implementation
This is handled by checking for
helpin the arguments early and mapping it to--help. The change is minimal and doesn’t affect existing functionality.Notes
If there’s a preferred way to handle this at the parser level instead of rewriting argv, I’m happy to update the implementation.