cli: rename cli util, hide data ls from the help (#8321)

dvc/cli/utils.py

@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@ def append_doc_link(help_message, path):
     )
 
 
-def fix_plumbing_subparsers(subparsers):
-    # metavar needs to be explicitly set in order to hide plumbing subcommands
+def hide_subparsers_from_help(subparsers):
+    # metavar needs to be explicitly set in order to hide subcommands
     # from the 'positional arguments' choices list
     # see: https://bugs.python.org/issue22848
+    # Need to set `add_help=False`, but avoid setting `help`
+    # (not even to `argparse.SUPPPRESS`).
+    # NOTE: The argument is the parent subparser, not the subcommand parser.
     cmds = [
         cmd for cmd, parser in subparsers.choices.items() if parser.add_help
     ]

dvc/commands/data.py

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ from funcy import chunks, compact, log_durations
 from dvc.cli import completion
 from dvc.cli.actions import CommaSeparatedArgs
 from dvc.cli.command import CmdBase
-from dvc.cli.utils import append_doc_link, fix_subparsers
+from dvc.cli.utils import (
+    append_doc_link,
+    fix_subparsers,
+    hide_subparsers_from_help,
+)
 from dvc.ui import ui
 from dvc.utils import colorize
 
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
         parents=[parent_parser],
         description=append_doc_link(DATA_LS_HELP, "data/ls"),
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
-        help=DATA_LS_HELP,
+        add_help=False,
     )
     data_ls_parser.add_argument(
         "--md",
@@ -289,5 +293,5 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
             ".dvc files, or stage names."
         ),
     ).complete = completion.DVCFILES_AND_STAGE
-
     data_ls_parser.set_defaults(func=CmdDataLs)
+    hide_subparsers_from_help(data_subparsers)

dvc/commands/experiments/__init__.py

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import argparse
 
 from dvc.cli.utils import (
     append_doc_link,
-    fix_plumbing_subparsers,
     fix_subparsers,
+    hide_subparsers_from_help,
 )
 from dvc.commands.experiments import (
     apply,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def add_parser(subparsers, parent_parser):
     fix_subparsers(experiments_subparsers)
     for cmd in SUB_COMMANDS:
         cmd.add_parser(experiments_subparsers, parent_parser)
-    fix_plumbing_subparsers(experiments_subparsers)
+    hide_subparsers_from_help(experiments_subparsers)
 
 
 def add_rev_selection_flags(