Invalid options with new CLI

snapcraft
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Since the new CLI was merged, I noticed in some cases options are not available as I would expect, and I need to choose now between debug and choosing the target architecture:

$ snapcraft snap --target-arch=arm64 --debug
Error: no such option: --debug

$ snapcraft --target-arch=arm64
Error: no such option: --target-arch
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This is

snapcraft --debug snap --target-arch=arm64

I can bring back the devel options to the main command parser, but then these options would be there for all commands, not just the ones related to building.

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So I see two problems with that

  • it’s unusually awkward, normally order isn’t significant
  • it’s not discoverable - the error claims the option is unknown
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Here is a PR that solves that problem https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/pull/1353

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