kubo/cmd/ipfs
Stephen Whitmore 0a45ada4ed CLI: discoverability and consistency (#2542)
* reduces help indent from 4 to 2 spaces

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* reduces horz/vert space taken by "ipfs" cmd

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* show subcommands on shorthelp

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Drops colons at the end of cmd headings.

This makes command headings consistent with the output of 'ipfs', which
does not include colons.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* more consistent output between short-/long-help

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Puts DESCRIPTION before SUBCOMMANDS.

Users likely want to understand what a command does before worrying
about its subcommands.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Keeps ipfs cmd from outputting its subcmds twice.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant synopsis from "file"

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes extra whitespace from longhelp

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Consistent spacing whether SUBCMDS or not.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant SUBCMD output from ipfs object.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant synopsis from "name"

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Newline after Description only if it exists.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant synopsis from "bootstrap"

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant synopsis from "swarm"

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes trailing newline in ping help.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Prints shorthelp on parse error.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* tiny comment fixes

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* updates README usage

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Don't include extra whitespace if no .MoreHelp

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* description improvements

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Hides the obscure 'file' subcommand.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Splits 'ipfs daemon' into Short and Long help.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes redundant synopsis from "config"

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Wraps lines to keep from going over 80.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* specify repo separately

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* s/structure/hierarchy

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* missing .

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes trailing colon from 'usage' test.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Updates sharness test error messages.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes trailing colon from 'usage' test.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Updates add-symlink to use /bin/sh.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Removes "hierarchy".

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>

* Updates "ipfs ping" synopsis.

* Updates t0040 with latest wording.

* Removes unnecessary daemon setup.

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Stephen Whitmore <noffle@ipfs.io>
2016-04-28 14:08:32 -07:00
..
dist gobuilder improvements 2015-04-02 03:00:49 -07:00
.gitignore Remove dot and slash before files in cmd/ipfs/.gitignore 2014-11-22 21:55:12 +01:00
.gobuilder.yml added gobuilder no_go_fmt flag to right file 2015-10-31 04:36:13 -04:00
daemon.go CLI: discoverability and consistency (#2542) 2016-04-28 14:08:32 -07:00
equinox.yaml transitioned ipfs2 -> ipfs 2014-11-18 06:15:00 -08:00
init.go CLI: discoverability and consistency (#2542) 2016-04-28 14:08:32 -07:00
ipfs.go commands: repo fsck (#2597) 2016-04-27 13:28:53 -07:00
main_test.go Reorged imports from jbenet/go-ipfs to ipfs/go-ipfs 2015-03-31 12:52:25 -07:00
main.go CLI: discoverability and consistency (#2542) 2016-04-28 14:08:32 -07:00
Makefile Refactor Makefile. 2016-04-28 01:28:42 -04:00
README.md Fix typo. 2016-01-08 07:57:52 +02:00
ulimit_unix.go hide fd adjusting code behind daemon feature flag 2016-04-07 07:41:09 -07:00

go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs

This is the ipfs commandline tool. For now, it's the main entry point to using IPFS.

Install from source

go install
ipfs

Install from gobuilder.me

If you're viewing this in gobuilder, choose the binary that suits you best at the end of this page. Download it, unzip it, and move the binary into place.

Usage

# initialize an ipfs node
ipfs init

# list some commands
ipfs

# get help
ipfs <subcmd> --help