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Merge pull request #244 from linode/bugfix/document-image-requirements
fix: Document image-upload file requirements
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linodecli/plugins/image-upload.py

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parser.add_argument("--description", metavar="DESC", nargs="?",
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help="A description for this Image. Blank if omitted.")
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parser.add_argument("file", metavar="FILE",
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help="The image file to upload.")
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help="The image file to upload. Should be a raw disk image "
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"compressed with gzip, in .img.gz format. We recommend "
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"using unpartitioned images with an ext3 or ext4 filesystem.")
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parsed = parser.parse_args(args)
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