#29301: Reorder management command arguments in --help output to prioritize
command-specific arguments
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Reporter: David | Owner: nobody
Foster |
Type: | Status: new
Uncategorized |
Component: Core | Version: 2.0
(Management commands) |
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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Currently if you run a custom management command with --help, you will get
output that looks like:
[[Image(https://s20.postimg.org/qhtlvybh9/BEFORE.png)]]
I have highlighted in yellow the useful information specific to the
command that is *not* boilerplate. Notice that most of this yellow text is
at the end of the output, with the boilerplate dominating what the user
reads first.
I propose reordering the options in the output so that the useful
information is at the *beginning* rather than the end, so that it looks
like the following:
[[Image(https://s20.postimg.org/m8ovttiil/AFTER.png)]]
Discussion on django-developers: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic
/django-developers/PByZfN_IccE
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/29301>
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