Merge pull request #4610 from Flamefire/dep-graph-doc

improve help string for `--dep-graph`
easybuilders · Aug 13, 2024 · 60eebbb · 60eebbb
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diff --git a/easybuild/tools/options.py b/easybuild/tools/options.py
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ def informative_options(self):
             'check-conflicts': ("Check for version conflicts in dependency graphs", None, 'store_true', False),
             'check-eb-deps': ("Check presence and version of (required and optional) EasyBuild dependencies",
                               None, 'store_true', False),
-            'dep-graph': ("Create dependency graph", None, 'store', None, {'metavar': 'depgraph.<ext>'}),
+            'dep-graph': ("Create dependency graph. Output format depends on <ext>, e.g. 'dot', 'png', 'pdf', 'gv'.",
+                          None, 'store', None, {'metavar': 'depgraph.<ext>'}),
             'dump-env-script': ("Dump source script to set up build environment based on toolchain/dependencies",
                                 None, 'store_true', False),
             'last-log': ("Print location to EasyBuild log file of last (failed) session", None, 'store_true', False),