Recommendations for the pkgx command without parameters

[tonycody]

By default, the pkgx command is executed without any arguments and without any prompts.

It is recommended that, as with most command line programs, help messages be given by default when the user has nothing to parameterize. For example: git

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[michaelessiet]

Wanted to comment lol. This would be a nice addition. I'm not sure how to add it myself. @jhheider mind pointing me to the right direction?

[jhheider]

almost certainly a check to see if it is zero-length https://github.com/pkgxdev/pkgx/blob/c60ba3d55d8f655d50a2986afa83202906697d94/src/parse-args.ts#L73 is the place to put the logic; oddly there's a mode = help on line 28, but help seems to set the mode to content on line 106. possibly different modes.

quick solution might be if it is empty, treat it as containing only --help.

[mxcl]

pkgx by itself lists the active environment and used to say something if there is none. Certainly listing --help makes sense though even though it's convention, I don't consider it particularly important. Running a command without knowing what it does is—dare I say it—foolhardy.