NixOS / NixOS/hydra

Help text for hydra-queue-runner is painfully unhelpful

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Description

$ hydra-queue-runner --help
error: unrecognised flag '--help'
Try 'hydra-queue-runner --help' for more information.

hydra-evaluator is similar.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue by running hydra-queue-runner --help and compare its behavior with hydra-evaluator --help. Locate the entry points that handle these commands and trace their help or flag-error paths. Done means both commands provide useful help text instead of reporting that --help is unrecognised.

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Assessment

Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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