> > * Replace `--show-rules` with a more common `--verbose` option to > > show rule descriptions while `convert-ly` is running. Right > > now, `--show-rules` only emits the rules but doesn't do a > > conversion at the same time, which is rather useless IMHO. Not > > sure whether my Python abilities are good enough to implement > > this feature; anyway, this will be a separate merge request. > > I don't fully agree with your second item. In the use cases I > described, I have used "convert-ly -s" without any input file, to > see the list of changes, so please keep a possibility to easily list > the rules without an input file.
Please have a look at https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1860; I've added a new option `--verbose` to `convert-ly`, not removing `--show-rules`. Werner
