ipfs commands is a weird command

[whyrusleeping]

ipfs commands run from the cli doesnt make an http request. Making an http request manually to the proper endpoint still works though, with the exception of the -f flag not actually doing anything useful, all that passing -f does is making the output contain "ShowOptions":true instead of false.

cc @RichardLitt

[RichardLitt]

Related to #2301

[dignifiedquire]

Also it's pretty useless on the http api as it documents everything according to the cli and not the http api

[hackergrrl]

What is the motivation behind ipfs commands? Is this for other unix tools to consume, or is it intended for humans?

[RichardLitt]

@noffle We use it to build the website, IIRC.

[RichardLitt]

Specifically, here.

[hackergrrl]

Ah ha! So that we can get https://ipfs.io/docs/commands/ -- got it.

[keorn]

Could be used for auto generating API wrappers.

[RichardLitt]

I think we've justified ipfs commands. I used it today. Can we close this now?