Command aliases do not show in the help display

[dlandi]

Example:
config.AddCommand("install-cloud")
.WithAlias("cloud").WithAlias("cld");
//config.AddCommand("cloud");
//config.AddCommand("cld");

If you use config.AddCommand(), each command shows up in help display, but the WithAlias() option does not.

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[nils-a]

@dlandi thanks for reporting this.
Do you have any idea on what the help display should look like, if aliases were reported?

[dlandi]

Sure. Given:

      config.AddCommand<InstallCloudCommand>("install-cloud")
      .WithDescription("Install Cloud API from Zip File")
      .WithAlias("cloud").WithAlias("cld");
      
      config.AddCommand<InitializeAccountCommand>("init-account")
      .WithDescription("Initialize Account DB from Powershell Script File")
       WithAlias("account").WithAlias("adb"); 
      
       config.AddCommand<InitializeCloudDb>("init-cloud-db")
      .WithDescription("Initialize Cloud Database from Powershell Script File")
      .WithAlias("cloud-db").WithAlias("cdb");

Output would be :

Command          Alias[es]		Description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
install-cloud          [cloud|cld]               Install Cloud API from Zip File
init-account          [account|adb]          Initialize Account DB from Powershell Script File
init-cloud-db        [cloud-db|cdb]        Initialize Cloud Database from Powershell Script File

[nils-a]

Since the commands' section does not have headers, this would look like:

COMMANDS:
    dog <AGE>           some-dog, a-dog        The dog command
    giraffe <LENGTH>                           The giraffe command
    horse               some-horse, a-horse    The horse command

or

COMMANDS:
    dog <AGE>           [some-dog|a-dog]        The dog command
    giraffe <LENGTH>                            The giraffe command
    horse               [some-horse|a-horse]    The horse command

I feel adding a cell "aliases" to the commands' section would take away too much space (which is sometimes very limited in CLI).

What about adding it to the description?
Something like:

COMMANDS:
    dog <AGE>           The dog command
                        Aliases: some-dog, a-dog
    giraffe <LENGTH>    The giraffe command
    horse               The horse command
                        Aliases: some-hosre, a-horse

@patriksvensson, @phil-scott-78: Any ideas or opinions?

[BatanGaming]

Hi there. I'd like to do it. What do you think about this layout?

COMMANDS:
    build-something        [build|b]    Builds something 
    no-alias                            Some description 
    create                 [c]          Creates something

[Psychlist1972]

What about adding it to the description? Something like:

COMMANDS:
    dog <AGE>           The dog command
                        Aliases: some-dog, a-dog
    giraffe <LENGTH>    The giraffe command
    horse               The horse command
                        Aliases: some-hosre, a-horse

@patriksvensson, @phil-scott-78: Any ideas or opinions?

Did anything happen with this? I like the approach of putting the aliases under the description, as that makes the best use of space, IMO.

Pete