diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/commands/help.ts b/packages/angular-cli/commands/help.ts
index 06c5773ba1c2..b87c2cd9bbde 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/commands/help.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/commands/help.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ const commandsToIgnore = [
 const HelpCommand = Command.extend({
   name: 'help',
   description: 'Shows help for the CLI',
-  works: 'outsideProject',
+  works: 'everywhere',
 
   availableOptions: [],
 
   run: function (commandOptions: any) {
     let commandFiles = fs.readdirSync(__dirname)
+      // Remove files that are not JavaScript
+      .filter(file => file.match(/\.js$/))
       .map(file => path.parse(file).name)
       .map(file => file.toLowerCase());
 
diff --git a/scripts/publish/build.js b/scripts/publish/build.js
index 01a79a91f804..b5bda9d3a951 100755
--- a/scripts/publish/build.js
+++ b/scripts/publish/build.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Promise.resolve()
       }, Promise.resolve());
   })
   .then(() => console.log('Copying uncompiled resources...'))
-  .then(() => glob(path.join(packagesRoot, '**/*')))
+  .then(() => glob(path.join(packagesRoot, '**/*'), { dot: true }))
   .then(files => {
     console.log(`  Found ${files.length} files...`);
     return files
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ Promise.resolve()
 
         // The only remaining file we want to ignore is tsconfig and spec files.
         return !(/tsconfig\.json$/.test(fileName))
-          && !(/\.spec\./.test(fileName))
-          && !(/[\/\\]tests[\/\\]/.test(fileName));
+            && !(/\.spec\./.test(fileName))
+            && !(/[\/\\]tests[\/\\]/.test(fileName));
       })
       .map((fileName) => {
         const source = path.join(packagesRoot, fileName);
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup/100-npm-link.ts b/tests/e2e/setup/100-npm-link.ts
index c53dabd511b1..fbe66d23b70c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup/100-npm-link.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup/100-npm-link.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+import {join} from 'path';
 import {npm, exec} from '../utils/process';
 
 
 export default function (argv: any) {
   return Promise.resolve()
-    .then(() => argv.nolink || npm('link'))
+    .then(() => {
+      if (argv.nolink) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const distAngularCli = join(__dirname, '../../../dist/angular-cli');
+      const oldCwd = process.cwd();
+      process.chdir(distAngularCli);
+      return npm('link')
+        .then(() => process.chdir(oldCwd));
+    })
     .then(() => exec(process.platform.startsWith('win') ? 'where' : 'which', 'ng'));
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts b/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
index 5ac58970a25e..dd7fb0481a26 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ export default function(argv: any) {
   return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => createProject)
     .then(() => updateJsonFile('package.json', json => {
-      const dist = '../../../dist/';
-      json['devDependencies']['angular-cli'] = join(__dirname, dist, 'angular-cli');
-      json['devDependencies']['@angular-cli/ast-tools'] = join(__dirname, dist, 'ast-tools');
-      json['devDependencies']['@angular-cli/base-href-webpack'] =
-        join(__dirname, dist, 'base-href-webpack');
+      const dist = join(__dirname, '../../../dist/');
+      json['devDependencies']['angular-cli'] = join(dist, 'angular-cli');
+      json['devDependencies']['@angular-cli/ast-tools'] = join(dist, 'ast-tools');
+      json['devDependencies']['@angular-cli/base-href-webpack'] = join(dist, 'base-href-webpack');
     }))
     .then(() => {
       if (argv.nightly) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/commands/help.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/help.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad268b78ab64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/commands/help.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {silentNg} from '../../utils/process';
+
+
+export default function() {
+  const projectDir = process.cwd();
+  return Promise.resolve()
+    .then(() => silentNg('help'))
+    .then(() => process.chdir('/'))
+    .then(() => silentNg('help'))
+    .then(() => process.chdir(projectDir));
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/utils/process.ts b/tests/e2e/utils/process.ts
index 75543f58180a..d8d9a69be1d8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utils/process.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/utils/process.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let _processes: child_process.ChildProcess[] = [];
 
 function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<string> {
   let stdout = '';
+  let stderr = '';
   const cwd = process.cwd();
   console.log(white(
     `  ==========================================================================================`
@@ -42,9 +43,7 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<strin
       .forEach(line => console.log('  ' + line));
   });
   npmProcess.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
-    if (options.silent) {
-      return;
-    }
+    stderr += data.toString('utf-8');
     data.toString('utf-8')
       .split(/[\n\r]+/)
       .filter(line => line !== '')
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ function _exec(options: ExecOptions, cmd: string, args: string[]): Promise<strin
       if (!error) {
         resolve(stdout);
       } else {
-        err.message += `${error}...`;
+        err.message += `${error}...\n\nSTDOUT:\n${stdout}\n`;
         reject(err);
       }
     });
@@ -96,12 +95,16 @@ export function silentExecAndWaitForOutputToMatch(cmd: string, args: string[], m
 
 export function ng(...args: string[]) {
   if (args[0] == 'build') {
-    return _exec({silent: true}, 'ng', args);
+    return silentNg(...args);
   } else {
     return _exec({}, 'ng', args);
   }
 }
 
+export function silentNg(...args: string[]) {
+  return _exec({silent: true}, 'ng', args);
+}
+
 export function silentNpm(...args: string[]) {
   return _exec({silent: true}, 'npm', args);
 }