Merge pull request #232 from tuncer/doc-abbrev-cmd

Document support for abbreviated commands

src/rebar.erl

@@ -184,9 +184,21 @@ help() ->
                        "[var=value,...] <command,...>",
                        [{"var=value", "rebar global variables (e.g. force=1)"},
                         {"command", "Command to run (e.g. compile)"}]),
+
+    ?CONSOLE("To see a list of built-in commands, execute rebar -c.~n~n", []),
     ?CONSOLE(
        "Type 'rebar help <CMD1> <CMD2>' for help on specific commands."
        "~n~n", []),
+    ?CONSOLE(
+       "rebar allows you to abbreviate the command to run:~n"
+       "$ rebar co           # same as rebar compile~n"
+       "$ rebar eu           # same as rebar eunit~n"
+       "$ rebar g-d          # same as rebar get-deps~n"
+       "$ rebar x eu         # same as rebar xref eunit~n"
+       "$ rebar l-d          # same as rebar list-deps~n"
+       "$ rebar l-d l-t      # same as rebar list-deps list-templates~n"
+       "$ rebar list-d l-te  # same as rebar list-deps list-templates~n"
+       "~n", []),
     ?CONSOLE(
        "Core rebar.config options:~n"
        "  ~p~n"