core/command2: Make help text match old commands

core/commands2/block.go

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ type Block struct {
 var blockCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Manipulate raw IPFS blocks",
 	Help: `'ipfs block' is a plumbing command used to manipulate raw ipfs blocks.
-Reads from stdin or writes to stdout.`,
+Reads from stdin or writes to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
+multihash.`,
 	Subcommands: map[string]*cmds.Command{
 		"get": blockGetCmd,
 		"put": blockPutCmd,
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ Reads from stdin or writes to stdout.`,
 
 var blockGetCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Get a raw IPFS block",
-	Help:        `'ipfs block get' is a plumbing command for retreiving raw ipfs blocks.`,
+	Help: `ipfs block get is a plumbing command for retreiving raw ipfs blocks.
+It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.`,
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
 		cmds.Argument{"key", cmds.ArgString, true, false, "The base58 multihash of an existing block to get"},
@@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ var blockGetCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var blockPutCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Stores input as an IPFS block",
-	Help: `'ipfs block put' is a plumbing command for storing raw ipfs blocks.
-It outputs the key of the stored block.`,
+	Help: `ipfs block put is a plumbing command for storing raw ipfs blocks.
+It reads from stdin, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.`,
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
 		cmds.Argument{"data", cmds.ArgFile, true, false, "The data to be stored as an IPFS block"},

core/commands2/bootstrap.go

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var bootstrapRemoveCmd = &cmds.Command{
 }
 
 var bootstrapListCmd = &cmds.Command{
-	Description: "Lists peers in the bootstrap list",
+	Description: "Show peers in the bootstrap list",
 	Help: `Peers are output in the format '<multiaddr>/<peerID>'.
 `,
 

core/commands2/ls.go

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ type LsOutput struct {
 var lsCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "List links from an object.",
 	Help: `Retrieves the object named by <ipfs-path> and displays the links
-it contains.
+it contains, with the following format:
+
+  <link base58 hash> <link size in bytes> <link name>
 `,
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ it contains.
 	},
 	Marshallers: map[cmds.EncodingType]cmds.Marshaller{
 		cmds.Text: func(res cmds.Response) ([]byte, error) {
+			// TODO: revert format to match old command
 			s := ""
 			output := res.Output().(*LsOutput).Objects
 

core/commands2/pin.go

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ var pinCmd = &cmds.Command{
 
 var addPinCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Pins objects to local storage",
-	Help: `Keeps the object(s) named by <ipfs-path> in local storage. If the object
-isn't already being stored, IPFS retrieves it.
+	Help: `Retrieves the object named by <ipfs-path> and stores it locally
+on disk.
 `,
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{

core/commands2/publish.go

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ var errNotOnline = errors.New("This command must be run in online mode. Try runn
 var publishCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Publish an object to IPNS",
 	Help: `IPNS is a PKI namespace, where names are the hashes of public keys, and
-the private key enables publishing new (signed) values.
+the private key enables publishing new (signed) values. In publish, the
+default value of <name> is your own identity public key.
 
 Examples:
 

core/commands2/refs.go

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ var refsCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Help: `Retrieves the object named by <ipfs-path> and displays the link
 hashes it contains, with the following format:
 
-    <link base58 hash>`,
+  <link base58 hash>
+
+Note: list all refs recursively with -r.`,
 
 	Arguments: []cmds.Argument{
 		cmds.Argument{"ipfs-path", cmds.ArgString, true, true,

core/commands2/resolve.go

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ type ResolveOutput struct {
 var resolveCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Gets the value currently published at an IPNS name",
 	Help: `IPNS is a PKI namespace, where names are the hashes of public keys, and
-the private key enables publishing new (signed) values.
+the private key enables publishing new (signed) values. In resolve, the
+default value of <name> is your own identity public key.
 
 
 Examples:

core/commands2/version.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type VersionOutput struct {
 
 var versionCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Description: "Outputs the current version of IPFS",
-	Help: `Returns the version number of IPFS.
+	Help: `Returns the version number of IPFS and exits.
 `,
 
 	Options: []cmds.Option{