From b76346651a0e27e8824af4bb59224792df8dd4d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karen Arutyunov <karen@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:13:57 +0300
Subject: Fix bdep-status output in JSON format not to fail for non-initialized
 packages

---
 bdep/status.cli | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bdep/status.cli')

diff --git a/bdep/status.cli b/bdep/status.cli
index f046369..1360606 100644
--- a/bdep/status.cli
+++ b/bdep/status.cli
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@ namespace bdep
      Refer to the \cb{list} subcommand of \l{bdep-config(1)} for details on
      the \cb{struct} \cb{configuration} members. Refer to
      \l{bpkg-pkg-status(1)} for the definition of \cb{struct}
-     \cb{package_status}.
-     "
+     \cb{package_status}. Note also that in the \cb{json} output format
+     certain conditions (no associated configurations, no initialized
+     packages, etc) are not treated as errors but instead result in valid
+     output. The uninitialized packages have the special \cb{uninitialized}
+     \cb{status} value."
   }
 
   class cmd_status_options: project_options
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