[PATCH] help: 'hg help' supports subtopics (issue2804)

timeless timeless at gmail.com
Fri May 13 01:32:43 CDT 2011


On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:38 PM, yun lee <yun.lee.bj at gmail.com> wrote:
> If we add a lot of help topics with names like 'ui.username' and so
> on, 'hg help' will give a long list, is it a little urgly?

> Is it better to list info of subtopics just for the command of 'hg help
> ui.subtopic'?

`hg help` should list <ui> not <ui.*> (and similar for other containers)
`hg help ui` should list the topics under ui (but not their contents)
`hg help ui.username` should list the help for ui.username


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