From fad05559605054d189419492a620d8c581a2c87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stupidcomputer <ryan@beepboop.systems>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 17:38:35 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add help text

---
 sssg/cli.py | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sssg/cli.py b/sssg/cli.py
index e58e77e..8efd8e3 100644
--- a/sssg/cli.py
+++ b/sssg/cli.py
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import sys
 import os
 
 def main(args=sys.argv):
-    command = args[1]
+    try:
+        command = args[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        command = "nonexistent"
 
     if command == "rebuild":
         cwd = os.getcwd()
@@ -15,3 +18,16 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
         os.execv('/bin/sh', ['/bin/sh', '.deploy'])
     elif command == "update":
         sssg.liveupdate.liveupdate()
+    else:
+        help_text = """
+sssg - the stupid static site generator
+
+usage: sssg [verb]
+
+verb: one of
+    rebuild -- rebuilds the static site into output/
+    deploy -- executes the deploy script
+    update -- rebuild the static site upon any change
+"""
+
+        print(help_text)