[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #1897: CLI: add a way to change an existing alias without directly editing the aliases file

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#1897: CLI: add a way to change an existing alias without directly editing the
aliases file
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     Reporter:  davidsarah     |      Owner:  daira
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  soon
    Component:  code-          |    Version:  1.9.2
  frontend-cli                 |   Keywords:  cli tahoe-add-alias usability
   Resolution:                 |
Launchpad Bug:                 |
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Changes (by daira):

 * owner:  davidsarah => daira
 * status:  new => assigned


Old description:

> {{{tahoe add-alias}}} fails if the alias already exists, and so cannot be
> used to change an existing alias entry. There should be a command or
> option to do that (say, {{{tahoe add-alias --replace}}} or {{{tahoe
> replace-alias}}}), and the {{{tahoe add-alias}}} error message should say
> what it is.
>
> There is also no command to delete an alias.

New description:

 {{{tahoe add-alias}}} fails if the alias already exists, and so cannot be
 used to change an existing alias entry. There should be a command or
 option to do that (say, {{{tahoe add-alias --replace}}} or {{{tahoe
 replace-alias}}}), and the {{{tahoe add-alias}}} error message should say
 what it is.

 There is also no command to delete an alias.

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Comment:

 Ramakrishnan ran into this problem; I had to tell him to edit the aliases
 file to remove an alias.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1897#comment:1>
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