Allow for a default command, or make start the default?

nikolassv / bartib

A simple timetracker for the command line. It saves a log of all tracked activities as a plaintext file and allows you to create flexible reports.

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Allow for a default command, or make start the default? #37

Closed neezer closed 6 months ago

neezer commented 6 months ago

I've been bitten quite a few times by typing in bartib FLAGS_FOR_START and getting errors because I didn't type bartib start FLAGS_FOR_START.

Would it be possible to have start be the default command if no sub command is explicitly provided?

Better yet, could that be configurable, so that those folks that want list or report to be the default can have their way too?

nikolassv commented 6 months ago

I am not sure, if a default command would be that helpful for the general user as this may also lead to some unexpected behavior. Even if there was a default command, I would select one, that does not change the bartib file.

I think in you situation the best way to improve your workflow, would be to define an alias in your .bashrc like alias bs='bartib start'. I for example have registered some aliases like brt, bry, blt and bly for todays and yesterday report and list.