Unclear message when invoked without arguments

[n-peugnet]

Description

On start, I get the error Unison exited with the following description (which is the usage string of unison) and I can only close the application:

Usage: unison [options]
    or unison root1 root2 [options]
    or unison profilename [options]

For a list of options, type "unison -help".
For a tutorial on basic usage, type "unison -doc tutorial".
For other documentation, type "unison -doc topics".
exit status 1

Versions

gunison: v0.1.0
unison: 2.48.4

Log

applying update: {Progressed:false Diff:[] Input:[] Interrupt:false Kill:false Messages:[] Alert:{Message:{Text: Importance:0} Proceed:<nil> Abort:<nil>}} (wantQuit = false)
loading UI state from /home/nicolas/.config/gunison/state.json
state: Width:747 Height:698 Maximized:false ColumnOrder:[0 1 2 3] ColumnWidth:[430 130 100 130]
starting /usr/bin/unison -dumbtty
applying update: {Progressed:false Diff:[] Input:[] Interrupt:false Kill:false Messages:[] Alert:{Message:{Text: Importance:0} Proceed:<nil> Abort:<nil>}} (wantQuit = false)
starting main loop
Unison output: 253 bytes: "Usage: unison [options]\n    or unison root1 root2 [options]\n    or unison profilename [options]\n\nFor a list of options, type \"unison -help\".\nFor a tutorial on basic usage, type \"unison -doc tutorial\".\nFor other documentation, type \"unison -doc topics\".\n" <nil>
Unison output: 0 bytes: "" EOF
Unison exit: exit status 1
processing Unison output: 253 bytes
applying update: {Progressed:false Diff:[] Input:[] Interrupt:false Kill:false Messages:[] Alert:{Message:{Text: Importance:0} Proceed:<nil> Abort:<nil>}} (wantQuit = false)
processing Unison exit: 1 exit status 1
applying update: {Progressed:false Diff:[] Input:[] Interrupt:false Kill:false Messages:[{Text:Usage: unison [options]
    or unison root1 root2 [options]
    or unison profilename [options]

For a list of options, type "unison -help".
For a tutorial on basic usage, type "unison -doc tutorial".
For other documentation, type "unison -doc topics". Importance:1} {Text:exit status 1 Importance:3}] Alert:{Message:{Text: Importance:0} Proceed:<nil> Abort:<nil>}} (wantQuit = false)
saving UI state to /home/nicolas/.config/gunison/state.json
state: Width:747 Height:698 Maximized:false ColumnOrder:[0 1 2 3] ColumnWidth:[430 130 100 130]

[n-peugnet]

Ah ok, I think I get it. I need to specify the remotes with CLI arguments

[vfaronov]

That’s right.

Gunison should handle this better, so I’m leaving this open for now. Would that usage message be clearer if gunison was substituted for unison in the first three lines?

[n-peugnet]

I am just beginning to try unison (and gunison) so I am not sure if this is the correct terminology. But something like this would probably be more helpful to me:

No profile specified and default profile does not exist.

Run gunison with the same command-line arguments as you would run unison.

I used "profile" and "default profile" as it seams that is what unison uses. When I created a profile named "default" using the unison GUI I did not have to add any args to gunison as it used this profile automatically.