Consider showing less output for `rg -h`

[djc]

This might be a bit subjective, but for me the result of rg -h was somewhat suboptimal in giving me much more output than expected, thus quickly scrolling the most useful stuff off the screen.

I think I would like it better if rg -h did not show the Less common options and File management options by default, instead showing a line at the bottom that refers to some extra switch to make -h/--help more verbose.

[BurntSushi]

FWIW, rg --help | less should help, and it's what I normally do when the output of --help is large.

I'm not opposed to doing this, but I'm not 100% sure we should because I'm not a fan of making flags harder to discover.

[lilyball]

ag --help shows a one-line (or sometimes two-line) description of all flags. Maybe rg --help should do the same, and then something like rg --help-options to show the more verbose output? That would make it easier to skim the options to find what you want.

[djc]

Yeah, that's another option that would maybe help discovery without making flags harder to discover.

[BurntSushi]

I do like that idea better.

On Oct 24, 2016 18:29, "Kevin Ballard" notifications@github.com wrote:

ag --help shows a one-line (or sometimes two-line) description of all
flags. Maybe rg --help should do the same, and then something like rg
--help-options to show the more verbose output? That would make it easier
to skim the options to find what you want.

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