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-rw-r--r--cmd/podman/main.go8
-rw-r--r--test/system/001-basic.bats3
-rw-r--r--test/system/300-cli-parsing.bats14
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/main.go b/cmd/podman/main.go
index 9850f5d27..4f8131653 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/main.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/main.go
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func parseCommands() *cobra.Command {
}
parent.AddCommand(c.Command)
+ c.Command.SetFlagErrorFunc(flagErrorFuncfunc)
+
// - templates need to be set here, as PersistentPreRunE() is
// not called when --help is used.
// - rootCmd uses cobra default template not ours
@@ -84,5 +86,11 @@ func parseCommands() *cobra.Command {
os.Exit(1)
}
+ rootCmd.SetFlagErrorFunc(flagErrorFuncfunc)
return rootCmd
}
+
+func flagErrorFuncfunc(c *cobra.Command, e error) error {
+ e = fmt.Errorf("%w\nSee '%s --help'", e, c.CommandPath())
+ return e
+}
diff --git a/test/system/001-basic.bats b/test/system/001-basic.bats
index e36142188..748377e4b 100644
--- a/test/system/001-basic.bats
+++ b/test/system/001-basic.bats
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ function setup() {
# ...but no matter what, --remote is never allowed after subcommand
PODMAN="${podman_non_remote} ${podman_args[@]}" run_podman 125 version --remote
- is "$output" "Error: unknown flag: --remote" "podman version --remote"
+ is "$output" "Error: unknown flag: --remote
+See 'podman version --help'" "podman version --remote"
}
@test "podman-remote: defaults" {
diff --git a/test/system/300-cli-parsing.bats b/test/system/300-cli-parsing.bats
index 92c073102..ec493d3d8 100644
--- a/test/system/300-cli-parsing.bats
+++ b/test/system/300-cli-parsing.bats
@@ -12,4 +12,18 @@ load helpers
run_podman run --rm --label 'true="false"' $IMAGE true
}
+@test "podman flag error" {
+ local name="podman"
+ if is_remote; then
+ name="podman-remote"
+ fi
+ run_podman 125 run -h
+ is "$output" "Error: flag needs an argument: 'h' in -h
+See '$name run --help'" "expected error output"
+
+ run_podman 125 bad --invalid
+ is "$output" "Error: unknown flag: --invalid
+See '$name --help'" "expected error output"
+}
+
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