cmd/list, doc, test/system: Add 'ls' as an alias for 'list' - #1837
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Many users are used to typing 'ls' from everyday Unix usage and expect it to work as a shorthand for listing things. Add 'ls' as an alias for the 'toolbox list' command, using Cobra's built-in Aliases mechanism so that flags, shell completion and error handling all keep working exactly as they do for 'list'. Fixes: containers#1836 containers#1837
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Many users are used to typing 'ls' from everyday Unix usage and expect it to work as a shorthand for listing things. Add 'ls' as an alias for the 'toolbox list' command, using Cobra's built-in Aliases mechanism so that flags, shell completion and error handling all keep working exactly as they do for 'list'. Fixes: containers#1836 containers#1837
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Summary
Adds
lsas an alias for thetoolbox listcommand, since many usersreach for
lsout of habit from everyday Unix usage.src/cmd/list.go: addlstolistCmd.Aliases(Cobra's built-inalias mechanism), so flags (
--containers/-c,--images/-i),error handling and shell completion (
GenBashCompletionV2,GenFishCompletion,GenZshCompletion) all keep working exactly asthey do for
list, with no other code changes needed.doc/toolbox-list.1.md,doc/toolbox.1.md: document the alias.test/system/102-list.bats,test/system/002-help.bats: add smokeand unknown-flag tests for
toolbox ls, mirroring existinglisttests.
Fixes #1836