--help always replies ERROR: ...

[iljah]

In git clone from a few h ago, adding --help to any command always replies with ERROR: cmd as first line:

wallet713> accounts

____ Wallet Accounts ____

 Name    | Parent BIP-32 Derivation Path 
---------+-------------------------------
 default | m/0/0 

wallet713> accounts --help
ERROR: accounts 
lists available accounts

USAGE:
    accounts

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

also help command itself should support --help since that's listed:

wallet713> help
ERROR:  

USAGE:
     [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
...
wallet713> help --help
ERROR: error: The subcommand '--help' wasn't recognized

USAGE:
         help <subcommands>...

For more information try --help

[dasterdly]

did you follow the steps in setting up grin correctly? had the same issue when missing cargo build!

rust 1.31+ (use rustup- i.e. curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh; source $HOME/.cargo/env)
if rust is already installed, you can simply update version with rustup update

git clone https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin.git
cd grin
cargo build --release

[iljah]

rust 1.31+

I used rust and cargo that are in Fedora (28) repositories.

git clone https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin.git cd grin cargo build --release

That's what I did, possibly with --recursive added to clone.

[lehnberg]

I confirm that I've reproduced this issue successfully.

[dasterdly]

Lehnberg: what OS are you using? It must be a permission issue. On Mac with homebrew it works

[lehnberg]

@dasterdly I'm on macOS as well. Just to be clear: --help still works, but it includes an ERROR: first.

[iljah]

In git checkout from few min ago, --help doesn't work for help itself:

wallet713> help --help
ERROR: error: The subcommand '--help' wasn't recognized

USAGE:
         help <subcommands>...

For more information try --help

even tough technically it should:

wallet713> help
ERROR:  

USAGE:
     [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

[ravidio]

fixed with the recent commit.