influxdata · kelwang · Dec 31, 2019 · Dec 31, 2019 · jsteenb2 · Dec 31, 2019
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 1. [16255](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16255): Retain user input when parsing invalid JSON during import
 1. [16268](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16268): Fixed test flakiness that stemmed from multiple flush/signins being called in the same test suite
 1. [16346](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16346): Update pkger task export to only trim out option task and not all vars provided
+1. [16374](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/16374): Update influx CLI, only show "see help" message, instead of the whole usage.
 
 ### UI Improvements
 

diff --git a/cmd/influx/authorization.go b/cmd/influx/authorization.go
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ func authCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "auth",
 		Aliases: []string{"authorization"},
 		Short:   "Authorization management commands",
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			cmd.Usage()
-		},
+		Run:     seeHelp,
 	}
 	cmd.AddCommand(
 		authActiveCmd(),

diff --git a/cmd/influx/bucket.go b/cmd/influx/bucket.go
@@ -15,13 +15,10 @@ import (
 
 // Bucket Command
 var bucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "bucket",
-	Short: "Bucket management commands",
-	Run:   bucketF,
-}
-
-func bucketF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	cmd.Usage()
+	Use:              "bucket",
+	Short:            "Bucket management commands",
+	TraverseChildren: true,
+	Run:              seeHelp,
 }
 
 // BucketCreateFlags define the Create Command

diff --git a/cmd/influx/main.go b/cmd/influx/main.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const maxTCPConnections = 128
 func main() {
 	influxCmd := influxCmd()
 	if err := influxCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		seeHelp(influxCmd, nil)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
@@ -72,15 +73,44 @@ func out(w io.Writer) genericCLIOptfn {
 	}
 }
 
+func fetchSubCommand(parent *cobra.Command, args []string) *cobra.Command {
+	var err error
+	var cmd *cobra.Command
+
+	// Workaround FAIL with "go test -v" or "cobra.test -test.v", see #155
+	if args == nil && filepath.Base(os.Args[0]) != "cobra.test" {
+		args = os.Args[1:]
+	}
+
+	if parent.TraverseChildren {
+		cmd, _, err = parent.Traverse(args)
+	} else {
+		cmd, _, err = parent.Find(args)
+	}
+	// return nil if any errs
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func seeHelp(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	if c = fetchSubCommand(c, args); c == nil {
+		return //return here, since cobra already handles the error
+	}
+	c.Printf("See '%s -h' for help\n", c.CommandPath())
+}
+
 func influxCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "influx",
-		Short: "Influx Client",
+		Use:          "influx",
+		Short:        "Influx Client",
+		SilenceUsage: true,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if err := checkSetup(flags.host); err != nil {
 				fmt.Printf("Note: %v\n", internal.ErrorFmt(err))
 			}
-			cmd.Usage()
+			seeHelp(cmd, args)
 		},
 	}
 

diff --git a/cmd/influx/organization.go b/cmd/influx/organization.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func organizationCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "org",
 		Aliases: []string{"organization"},
 		Short:   "Organization management commands",
-		Run:     organizationF,
+		Run:     seeHelp,
 	}
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ func organizationCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func organizationF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	cmd.Usage()
-}
-
 // Create Command
 type OrganizationCreateFlags struct {
 	name string
@@ -298,7 +294,7 @@ func orgMembersCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "members",
 		Short: "Organization membership commands",
-		Run:   organizationF,
+		Run:   seeHelp,
 	}
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(

diff --git a/cmd/influx/task.go b/cmd/influx/task.go
@@ -25,24 +25,20 @@ func taskF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("local flag not supported for task command")
 	}
 
-	cmd.Usage()
+	seeHelp(cmd, args)
 	return nil
 }
 
 var logCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "log",
 	Short: "Log related commands",
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		cmd.Usage()
-	},
+	Run:   seeHelp,
 }
 
 var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "run",
 	Short: "Run related commands",
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		cmd.Usage()
-	},
+	Run:   seeHelp,
 }
 
 func init() {

diff --git a/cmd/influx/user.go b/cmd/influx/user.go
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ func userCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "user",
 		Short: "User management commands",
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			cmd.Usage()
-		},
+		Run:   seeHelp,
 	}
 	cmd.AddCommand(
 		userCreateCmd(),

diff --git a/cmd/influx/write.go b/cmd/influx/write.go
@@ -69,17 +69,14 @@ func fluxWriteF(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	if writeFlags.Org != "" && writeFlags.OrgID != "" {
-		cmd.Usage()
 		return fmt.Errorf("please specify one of org or org-id")
 	}
 
 	if writeFlags.Bucket != "" && writeFlags.BucketID != "" {
-		cmd.Usage()
 		return fmt.Errorf("please specify one of bucket or bucket-id")
 	}
 
 	if !models.ValidPrecision(writeFlags.Precision) {
-		cmd.Usage()
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid precision")
 	}
 

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1
 	github.com/mileusna/useragent v0.0.0-20190129205925-3e331f0949a5
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mna/pigeon v1.0.1-0.20180808201053-bb0192cfc2ae
 	github.com/mschoch/smat v0.0.0-20160514031455-90eadee771ae // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/gnatsd v1.3.0
@@ -75,10 +74,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.6.0
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.2.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.2.1
+	github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/tcnksm/go-input v0.0.0-20180404061846-548a7d7a8ee8
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.0.0-20190108154635-47c0da630f72

diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ github.com/apache/arrow/go/arrow v0.0.0-20191024131854-af6fa24be0db h1:nxAtV4Vaj
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@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd h1:qMd81Ts1T
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+github.com/coreos/go-etcd v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:Jez6KQU2B/sWsbdaef3ED8NzMklzPG4d5KIOhIy30Tk=
+github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
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@@ -313,8 +318,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrk
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@@ -385,6 +388,7 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.2/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsT
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@@ -406,18 +410,18 @@ github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72 h1:qLC7fQah7D6K1
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@@ -442,8 +446,10 @@ github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go v2.15.0+incompatible h1:NP3qsSqNxh8VYr956ur1N/1
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