🐛 --help should show all commands (build, serve, watch)

[fathyb]

Choose one: is this a 🐛 bug report or 🙋 feature request?

🎛 Configuration (.babelrc, package.json, cli command)

None.

🤔 Expected Behavior

parcel --help should display the three main commands documentation.

😯 Current Behavior

It only shows serve:

$ parcel --help

Usage: serve [options] [input]

  starts a development server


  Options:

    -p, --port <port>          set the port to serve on. defaults to 1234
    --hmr-port <port>          set the port to serve HMR websockets, defaults to random
    --hmr-hostname <hostname>  set the hostname of HMR websockets, defaults to location.hostname of current window
    --https                    serves files over HTTPS
    --open                     automatically open in default browser
    -d, --out-dir <path>       set the output directory. defaults to "dist"
    -o, --out-file <filename>  set the output filename for the application entry point.
    --public-url <url>         set the public URL to serve on. defaults to the same as the --out-dir option
    --no-hmr                   disable hot module replacement
    --no-cache                 disable the filesystem cache
    --no-source-maps           disable sourcemaps
    -t, --target [target]      set the runtime environment, either "node", "browser" or "electron". defaults to "browser"
    -V, --version              output the version number
    -h, --help                 output usage information

💁 Possible Solution

Implement it in cli.js?

🔦 Context

Reported on Slack by Nathan Tomsic

💻 Code Sample

parcel --help

🌍 Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	1.6.2
Node	8.9.1
npm/Yarn	Yarn 1.5.1
Operating System	macOS 10.13.3 (17D47)

[davidnagli]

So you expect parcel help to NOT show the list of CLI options? 😕

I personally think this would be more annoying then helpful, but let's see what others say. 🙂 🤷‍♂️

[fathyb]

@davidnagli oh no, I meant that parcel --help should do the same as parcel help 😄

[davidnagli]

tbh I'm personally more of a fan of the old way.

@DeMoorJasper @devongovett What do you guys think?

[devongovett]

Yeah, I think this is a bug. parcel --help should list all of the commands the same way parcel help does. parcel <command> --help should do the same thing as parcel help <command>.