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-rw-r--r--guix/scripts/system.scm31
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm
index 83bbefd3dc..65eb98e4b2 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/system.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2020 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -1152,6 +1153,13 @@ Some ACTIONS support additional ARGS.\n"))
;;; Entry point.
;;;
+(define actions '("build" "container" "vm" "vm-image" "image" "disk-image"
+ "reconfigure" "init"
+ "extension-graph" "shepherd-graph"
+ "list-generations" "describe"
+ "delete-generations" "roll-back"
+ "switch-generation" "search" "docker-image"))
+
(define (process-action action args opts)
"Process ACTION, a sub-command, with the arguments are listed in ARGS.
ACTION must be one of the sub-commands that takes an operating system
@@ -1335,17 +1343,18 @@ argument list and OPTS is the option alist."
(define (parse-sub-command arg result)
;; Parse sub-command ARG and augment RESULT accordingly.
- (if (assoc-ref result 'action)
- (alist-cons 'argument arg result)
- (let ((action (string->symbol arg)))
- (case action
- ((build container vm vm-image image disk-image reconfigure init
- extension-graph shepherd-graph
- list-generations describe
- delete-generations roll-back
- switch-generation search docker-image)
- (alist-cons 'action action result))
- (else (leave (G_ "~a: unknown action~%") action))))))
+ (cond ((assoc-ref result 'action)
+ (alist-cons 'argument arg result))
+ ((member arg actions)
+ (let ((action (string->symbol arg)))
+ (alist-cons 'action action result)))
+ (else
+ (let ((hint (string-closest arg actions #:threshold 3)))
+ (report-error (G_ "~a: unknown action~%") arg)
+ (when hint
+ (display-hint
+ (format #f (G_ "Did you mean @code{~a}?~%") hint)))
+ (exit 1)))))
(define (match-pair car)
;; Return a procedure that matches a pair with CAR.