Improve DevEx when failing Mix commands receive no arguments #14853
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Some mix commands fail when no argument is given. Before this PR: ``` $ mix archive.uninstall ** (Mix) No argument was given to uninstall command $ mix cmd ** (Mix) Expected at least one argument in mix cmd $ mix escript.build ** (Mix) Could not generate escript, please set :main_module in your project configuration (under :escript option) to a module that implements main/1 $ mix escript.install ** (Mix) Could not generate escript, please set :main_module in your project configuration (under :escript option) to a module that implements main/1 $ mix escript.uninstall ** (Mix) No argument was given to uninstall command $ mix eval ** (Mix) "mix eval" expects a single string to evaluate as argument $ mix new ** (Mix) Expected PATH to be given, please use "mix new PATH" $ mix xref ** (Mix) xref doesn't support this command. For more information run "mix help xref" ``` With this PR: ``` $ mix archive.uninstall ** (Mix) No argument was given to uninstall command. Use "mix archive.uninstall PATH" or run "mix help archive.uninstall" for more information $ mix cmd ** (Mix) No argument was given to mix cmd. Run "mix help cmd" for more information $ mix escript.build ** (Mix) Could not generate escript, please set :main_module in your project configuration (under :escript option) to a module that implements main/1. Run "mix help escript.build" for more information $ mix escript.install ** (Mix) Could not generate escript, please set :main_module in your project configuration (under :escript option) to a module that implements main/1. Run "mix help escript.build" for more information $ mix escript.uninstall ** (Mix) No argument was given to uninstall command. Use "mix archive.uninstall PATH" or run "mix help archive.uninstall" for more information $ mix eval ** (Mix) "mix eval" expects a single string to evaluate as argument. Run "mix help eval" for more information $ mix new ** (Mix) Expected PATH to be given. Use "mix new PATH" or run "mix help new" for more information $ mix xref ** (Mix) No argument was given to xref command. Run "mix help xref" for more information ```
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These changes were accidently left you in this PR: elixir-lang#14853
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Some mix commands fail when no argument is given.
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