# HG changeset patch
# User jruigrok
# Date 1270974540 0
# Node ID 0385e2aecbaa29cbfee41078b96041e6a97e0dc9
# Parent  eab2fceb8ab0ca1754ad6bd8d277da64baa44333
Merged revisions 466 via svnmerge from
http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/babel/trunk

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  r466 | palgarvio | 2008-12-23 02:12:59 +0100 (di, 23 dec 2008) | 2 lines

  Use a more explicit error message if no option or argument(command) is passed to `pybabel`. Fixes #81.
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diff --git a/0.9.x/ChangeLog b/0.9.x/ChangeLog
--- a/0.9.x/ChangeLog
+++ b/0.9.x/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * Sort output of list-locales.
  * Make the POT-Creation-Date of the catalog being updated equal to
    POT-Creation-Date of the template used to update (ticket #148).
+ * Use a more explicit error message if no option or argument (command) is
+   passed to pybabel (ticket #81).
 
 
 Version 0.9.5
diff --git a/0.9.x/babel/messages/frontend.py b/0.9.x/babel/messages/frontend.py
--- a/0.9.x/babel/messages/frontend.py
+++ b/0.9.x/babel/messages/frontend.py
@@ -648,7 +648,8 @@
             return 0
 
         if not args:
-            self.parser.error('incorrect number of arguments')
+            self.parser.error('no valid command or option passed. '
+                              'Try the -h/--help option for more information.')
 
         cmdname = args[0]
         if cmdname not in self.commands:
diff --git a/0.9.x/babel/messages/tests/frontend.py b/0.9.x/babel/messages/tests/frontend.py
--- a/0.9.x/babel/messages/tests/frontend.py
+++ b/0.9.x/babel/messages/tests/frontend.py
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
             self.assertEqual("""\
 usage: pybabel command [options] [args]
 
-pybabel: error: incorrect number of arguments
+pybabel: error: no valid command or option passed. try the -h/--help option for more information.
 """, sys.stderr.getvalue().lower())
 
     def test_help(self):