dvc status <path spec> : Respect --cloud flag

[johnyaku]

Bordering on a bug request, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and label this as a feature request, because it could simply be that my intuition is out of line with how dvc works.

When used locally (without the --cloud flag) dvc status can operate on a path spec, but this fails confusingly when the --cloud flag is added.

Scenario: "folder" is tracked by dvc but has been deleted from the cache and/or the remote.

dvc status --cloud folder

.. will report "Cache and remote are in sync".

If folder/ is tracked via folder.dvc then the correct status can be obtained via ...

dvc status --cloud folder.dvc

I feel that it would be more intuitive if dvc status --cloud folder worked out of the box.
Discord discussion: https://discordapp.com/channels/485586884165107732/1095524989870022667

[dberenbaum]

Thanks for the report @johnyaku! I guess since it works with dvc status --cloud folder.dvc, it's not blocking any scenario for you?

[johnyaku]

That's right, it's not blocking. Just took a couple of hours to figure out because the docs where not clear on this distinction between how dvc status operates locally versus remotely.

If dvc status is going to be deprecated then I'd understand if changing the behaviour is not a priority, but a sentence in the docs clarifying this might save folks some time :)