Description of problem: Don't know the value of the option "-c, --client=''" . Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): svcat： client: v3.10.0-0.27.0;Upstream:v0.1.13 server: v1.10.0+b81c8f8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. oc plugin svcat version --help 2. oc plugin svcat version --client='' 3. Actual results: step 1. # oc plugin svcat version --help Provides the version for the Service Catalog client and server Usage: oc plugin svcat version [flags] Options: -c, --client='': Show only the client version Use "oc options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands). step 2. #oc plugin svcat version --client='' client: v3.10.0-0.27.0;Upstream:v0.1.13 server: v1.10.0+b81c8f8 # oc plugin svcat version --client=true client: v3.10.0-0.28.0;Upstream:v0.1.13 Expected results: The help information should explain the option value should be true. Additional info:
Marko, would you take a look at this?
The problem is that when svcat is used through the oc plugin mechanism, boolean flags aren't handled properly, requiring users to run "oc plugin svcat version -c true" instead of just "oc plugin svcat version -c". We can't change the help text in svcat, because users can also run svcat directly (instead of through the oc plugin mechanism). In that case, running "svcat version -c" works just fine. There is an upstream issue already open for this: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/53640 And an upstream PR that should fix this: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58768
This is not going to be fixed for 3.11. As described by Marko in comment 2, we really don't have much we can do within Service Catalog for this. I'm going to move this to 4.0, the command can be used without arguments, so I don't think this is a blocker for 3.11.
I propose closing this, because the plugin system in kube 1.11 is changing and fixes this problem. Here's how it works in 1.11: $ svcat version -c Client Version: v0.1.21-126-g18921c4 $ kubectl svcat version -c Client Version: v0.1.21-126-g18921c4 $ kubectl svcat version --client Client Version: v0.1.21-126-g18921c4 As you can see, the flag works as specified in the help text.