Show "--help" in bash completion
authorMichael Hanselmann <hansmi@google.com>
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:39:03 +0000 (17:39 +0200)
committerMichael Hanselmann <hansmi@google.com>
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:13:16 +0000 (18:13 +0200)
Signed-off-by: Michael Hanselmann <hansmi@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Iustin Pop <iustin@google.com>

autotools/build-bash-completion

index 7368dab..cb738cd 100755 (executable)
@@ -584,6 +584,14 @@ def GetCommands(filename, module):
     raise Exception("Script %s doesn't have 'commands' attribute" %
                     filename)
 
+  # Add the implicit "--help" option
+  help_option = cli.cli_option("-h", "--help", default=False,
+                               action="store_true")
+
+  for (_, _, optdef, _, _) in commands.itervalues():
+    if help_option not in optdef:
+      optdef.append(help_option)
+
   # Use aliases
   aliases = getattr(module, "aliases", {})
   if aliases: