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@F4RAN F4RAN commented Dec 7, 2025

Resolves #16777

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When a command fails, users sometimes add --verbose after the package name (e.g., uvx foo --verbose) instead of before it (e.g., uvx --verbose foo). This adds a hint that suggests moving --verbose before the command.
The hint appears when a verbose flag is detected in the subcommand arguments and the command fails to resolve. It works for both uvx and uv tool run.

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Tested by running:
uvx foo-does-not-exist --verbose - shows the hint
uv tool run foo-does-not-exist --verbose - shows the hint
The hint only appears when verbose flags are detected, and the message shows the correct command format.

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EliteTK commented Dec 8, 2025

@F4RAN thanks for this.

Aside from the review comment, do you mind adding a test?

There are a few examples in crates/uv/tests/it/tool_run.rs.


fn find_verbose_flag(args: &[std::ffi::OsString]) -> Option<&str> {
for arg in args {
if let Some(arg_str) = arg.to_str() {
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nit: I might use let Some(...) = ... else { continue } just to reduce nesting

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Used ? operator instead of let...else (clippy also suggested this)

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fn find_verbose_flag(args: &[std::ffi::OsString]) -> Option<&str> {
for arg in args {
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nit: I might write this using args.iter().find(...) instead?

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Refactored to use find_map as suggested

F4RAN added 2 commits December 8, 2025 21:47
Added hint for when users put --verbose in the wrong place. Refactored
based on review feedback and added tests.
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F4RAN commented Dec 8, 2025

@F4RAN thanks for this.

Aside from the review comment, do you mind adding a test?

There are a few examples in crates/uv/tests/it/tool_run.rs.

Hi @EliteTK and @zanieb. Thanks for reviewing my code.

  1. Added tests for --verbose, -v, and -vv flags - all passing now!
  2. Added doc comment for find_verbose_flag function
  3. Refactored to use find_map as suggested
  4. Used ? operator instead of let...else (clippy also suggested this)

All feedback addressed! Happy to make any additional changes if needed.

@F4RAN F4RAN requested review from EliteTK and zanieb December 8, 2025 18:44
@konstin konstin changed the title Feature 16777 verbose error hint Add hint for misplaced --verbose Dec 9, 2025
@konstin konstin added the error messages Messaging when something goes wrong label Dec 9, 2025
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EliteTK commented Dec 9, 2025

@F4RAN thanks for sorting those out. I've pushed a couple of commits to drop the filter as it's not something we normally do in the test suite and add a test case for the potential false positive case.

I've made a note to create an issue regarding the OperationDiagnostic problems once this is merged so I can reference the affected code.

@zanieb zanieb merged commit 38ce3b2 into astral-sh:main Dec 9, 2025
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@zanieb zanieb changed the title Add hint for misplaced --verbose Add hint for misplaced --verbose in uv tool run Dec 9, 2025
tmeijn pushed a commit to tmeijn/dotfiles that referenced this pull request Dec 12, 2025
This MR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
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| [astral-sh/uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) | patch | `0.9.13` -> `0.9.17` |

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### Release Notes

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<summary>astral-sh/uv (astral-sh/uv)</summary>

### [`v0.9.17`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#0917)

[Compare Source](astral-sh/uv@0.9.16...0.9.17)

Released on 2025-12-09.

##### Enhancements

- Add `torch-tensorrt` and `torchao` to the PyTorch list ([#&#8203;17053](astral-sh/uv#17053))
- Add hint for misplaced `--verbose`  in `uv tool run` ([#&#8203;17020](astral-sh/uv#17020))
- Add support for relative durations in `exclude-newer` (a.k.a., dependency cooldowns) ([#&#8203;16814](astral-sh/uv#16814))
- Add support for relocatable nushell activation script ([#&#8203;17036](astral-sh/uv#17036))

##### Bug fixes

- Respect dropped (but explicit) indexes in dependency groups ([#&#8203;17012](astral-sh/uv#17012))

##### Documentation

- Improve `source-exclude` reference docs ([#&#8203;16832](astral-sh/uv#16832))
- Recommend `UV_NO_DEV` in Docker installs ([#&#8203;17030](astral-sh/uv#17030))
- Update `UV_VERSION` in docs for GitLab CI/CD ([#&#8203;17040](astral-sh/uv#17040))

### [`v0.9.16`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#0916)

[Compare Source](astral-sh/uv@0.9.15...0.9.16)

Released on 2025-12-06.

##### Python

- Add CPython 3.14.2
- Add CPython 3.13.11

##### Enhancements

- Add a 5m default timeout to acquiring file locks to fail faster on deadlock ([#&#8203;16342](astral-sh/uv#16342))
- Add a stub `debug` subcommand to `uv pip` announcing its intentional absence ([#&#8203;16966](astral-sh/uv#16966))
- Add bounds in `uv add --script` ([#&#8203;16954](astral-sh/uv#16954))
- Add brew specific message for `uv self update` ([#&#8203;16838](astral-sh/uv#16838))
- Error when built wheel is for the wrong platform ([#&#8203;16074](astral-sh/uv#16074))
- Filter wheels from PEP 751 files based on `--no-binary` et al in `uv pip compile` ([#&#8203;16956](astral-sh/uv#16956))
- Support `--target` and `--prefix` in `uv pip list`, `uv pip freeze`, and `uv pip show` ([#&#8203;16955](astral-sh/uv#16955))
- Tweak language for build backend validation errors ([#&#8203;16720](astral-sh/uv#16720))
- Use explicit credentials cache instead of global static ([#&#8203;16768](astral-sh/uv#16768))
- Enable SIMD in HTML parsing ([#&#8203;17010](astral-sh/uv#17010))

##### Preview features

- Fix missing preview warning in `uv workspace metadata` ([#&#8203;16988](astral-sh/uv#16988))
- Add a `uv auth helper --protocol bazel` command ([#&#8203;16886](astral-sh/uv#16886))

##### Bug fixes

- Fix Pyston wheel compatibility tags ([#&#8203;16972](astral-sh/uv#16972))
- Allow redundant entries in `tool.uv.build-backend.module-name` but emit warnings ([#&#8203;16928](astral-sh/uv#16928))
- Fix infinite loop in non-attribute re-treats during HTML parsing ([#&#8203;17010](astral-sh/uv#17010))

##### Documentation

- Clarify `--project` flag help text to indicate project discovery ([#&#8203;16965](astral-sh/uv#16965))
- Regenerate the crates.io READMEs on release ([#&#8203;16992](astral-sh/uv#16992))
- Update Docker integration guide to prefer `COPY` over `ADD` for simple cases ([#&#8203;16883](astral-sh/uv#16883))
- Update PyTorch documentation to include information about supporting CUDA 13.0.x ([#&#8203;16957](astral-sh/uv#16957))
- Update the versioning policy ([#&#8203;16710](astral-sh/uv#16710))
- Upgrade PyTorch documentation to latest versions ([#&#8203;16970](astral-sh/uv#16970))

### [`v0.9.15`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#0915)

[Compare Source](astral-sh/uv@0.9.14...0.9.15)

Released on 2025-12-02.

##### Python

- Add CPython 3.14.1
- Add CPython 3.13.10

##### Enhancements

- Add ROCm 6.4 to `--torch-backend=auto` ([#&#8203;16919](astral-sh/uv#16919))
- Add a Windows manifest to uv binaries ([#&#8203;16894](astral-sh/uv#16894))
- Add LFS toggle to Git sources ([#&#8203;16143](astral-sh/uv#16143))
- Cache source reads during resolution ([#&#8203;16888](astral-sh/uv#16888))
- Allow reading requirements from scripts without an extension ([#&#8203;16923](astral-sh/uv#16923))
- Allow reading requirements from scripts with HTTP(S) paths ([#&#8203;16891](astral-sh/uv#16891))

##### Configuration

- Add `UV_HIDE_BUILD_OUTPUT` to omit build logs ([#&#8203;16885](astral-sh/uv#16885))

##### Bug fixes

- Fix `uv-trampoline-builder` builds from crates.io by moving bundled executables ([#&#8203;16922](astral-sh/uv#16922))
- Respect `NO_COLOR` and always show the command as a header when paging `uv help` output ([#&#8203;16908](astral-sh/uv#16908))
- Use `0o666` permissions for flock files instead of `0o777` ([#&#8203;16845](astral-sh/uv#16845))
- Revert "Bump `astral-tl` to v0.7.10 ([#&#8203;16887](astral-sh/uv#16887))" to narrow down a regression causing hangs in metadata retrieval ([#&#8203;16938](astral-sh/uv#16938))

##### Documentation

- Link to the uv version in crates.io member READMEs ([#&#8203;16939](astral-sh/uv#16939))

### [`v0.9.14`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#0914)

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Released on 2025-12-01.

##### Performance

- Bump `astral-tl` to v0.7.10 to enable SIMD for HTML parsing ([#&#8203;16887](astral-sh/uv#16887))

##### Bug fixes

- Allow earlier post releases with exclusive ordering ([#&#8203;16881](astral-sh/uv#16881))
- Prefer updating existing `.zshenv` over creating a new one in `tool update-shell` ([#&#8203;16866](astral-sh/uv#16866))
- Respect `-e` flags in `uv add` ([#&#8203;16882](astral-sh/uv#16882))

##### Enhancements

- Attach subcommand to User-Agent string ([#&#8203;16837](astral-sh/uv#16837))
- Prefer `UV_WORKING_DIR` over `UV_WORKING_DIRECTORY` for consistency ([#&#8203;16884](astral-sh/uv#16884))

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