Switch away from classification as Tier1-3
to classification to a more descriptive classification.
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This classification tries to separate commands in 3 categories in terms of
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This classification tries to separate commands in 3 categories in terms of
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their importance in regards to the new users. Users who are likely to be
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their importance in regards to the new users. Users who are likely to be
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impacted the most by bad user experience. This does not mean that we will not
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impacted the most by bad user experience.
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take care of Tier3 commands, it means we will only put more helpful details for
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beginners into Tier1 commands.
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- **Main commands**
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Commands used for our main use cases and most likely used by new users. We
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expect attention to details, such as:
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- **Tier1**: Commands used for our main use cases and most likely used by new
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users. From Tier1 commands we expect attention to details, such as:
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- Proper use of [colors](#colors), [emojis](#special-unicode-characters)
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- Proper use of [colors](#colors), [emojis](#special-unicode-characters)
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and [aligning of text](#text-alignment).
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and [aligning of text](#text-alignment).
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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Nix ecosystem.
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Nix ecosystem.
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- [Help pages](#help-is-essential) to be as good as we can write them
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- [Help pages](#help-is-essential) to be as good as we can write them
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pointing to external documentation and tutorials for more.
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pointing to external documentation and tutorials for more.
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- **Tier2**: Commands that are somewhere between Tier1 and Tier2, not really
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exposing some implementation detail, but not something that we expect a user.
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Examples of such commands: `nix init`, `nix develop`, `nix build`, `nix run`,
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From Tier2 command we expect less attention to details, but still some:
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- **Infrequently used commands**
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From infrequently used commands we expect less attention to details, but
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still some:
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- Proper use of [colors](#colors), [emojis](#special-unicode-characters)
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- Proper use of [colors](#colors), [emojis](#special-unicode-characters)
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and [aligning of text](#text-alignment).
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and [aligning of text](#text-alignment).
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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- **Tier3**: Commands that expose certain internal functionality of `nix`,
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mostly used by other scripts.
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Examples of such commands: `nix doctor`, `nix edit`, `nix eval`, ...
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- **Utility and scripting commands**
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Commands that expose certain internal functionality of `nix`, mostly used by
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other scripts.
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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- [Autocomplete](#shell-completion) of options.
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Examples of such commands: `nix store copy`, `nix hash base16`, `nix store
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ping`, ...
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# Help is essential
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# Help is essential
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Help should be built into your command line so that new users can gradually
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Help should be built into your command line so that new users can gradually
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## Prompt when input not provided
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## Prompt when input not provided
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For **Tier1** commands we want command to improve the discoverability of
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For *main commands* (as [per classification](#classification)) we want command
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possible input. A new user will most likely not know which `ARGUMENTS` and
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to improve the discoverability of possible input. A new user will most likely
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`OPTIONS` are required or which values are possible for those options.
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not know which `ARGUMENTS` and `OPTIONS` are required or which values are
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possible for those options.
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In cases, the user might not provide the input or they provide wrong input,
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In cases, the user might not provide the input or they provide wrong input,
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rather then show the error, prompt a user with an option to find and select
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rather then show the error, prompt a user with an option to find and select
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# Contributing
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# Hacking
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