Re: [BuildStream] bst CLI design and consistency (UX)

[Jürg Billeter <j bitron ch>]

On Tue, 2018-12-18 at 12:17 +0000, Chandan Singh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> To summarize the actions based on this thread, I have created #819
> [1]. I am listing the actions here as well for people who are
> interested in a summary of changes:
>
> * Add `--fetch`/`--no-fetch` as top-level options, with support for
> user config, and remove similar options from existing commands.
>
> * Add `--fetch-junctions`/`--no-fetch-junctions` as top-level options,
> with support for user config.

I'm wondering whether `--fetch-subprojects` would be a better name for
this option. Technically, we fetch the sources of junctions, which are
(sub)projects.

> * Add `--pull`/`--no-pull` as top-level options, with support for user
> config, and remove similar options from existing commands.
>
> * Add `--no-pull-buildtree` as top-level option (`--pull-buildtree`
> already exists), with support for user config.
>
> If something doesn't seem right, please let us know by replying to
> this email, or by commenting on the GitLab issue.

Looks fine to me overall. Thanks for the summary.

Jürg