X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/chopwood/blobdiff_plain/7d0eb62ccc2f2560cd1c4fea667ebee58fa2008c..e3295bed428adbf5e1863f2d9395adac33dbb071:/subcommand.py

diff --git a/subcommand.py b/subcommand.py
index d6d850e..c8644be 100644
--- a/subcommand.py
+++ b/subcommand.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ class SubcommandOptionParser (OP.OptionParser, object):
   """
 
   def __init__(me, usage = '%prog [-OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS ...]',
-               contexts = ['cli'], commands = [], *args, **kw):
+               contexts = ['cli'], commands = [], show_global_opts = True,
+               *args, **kw):
     """
     Constructor for the options parser.  As for the superclass, but with an
     additional argument CONTEXTS used for initializing the `help' command.
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ class SubcommandOptionParser (OP.OptionParser, object):
     ## eat the subcommand's arguments.
     me.disable_interspersed_args()
     me.context = list(contexts)[0]
+    me.show_global_opts = show_global_opts
 
     ## Provide a default `help' command.
     me._cmds = {}
@@ -318,7 +320,11 @@ class SubcommandOptionParser (OP.OptionParser, object):
     synopses for the available subcommands.
     """
     if file is None: file = SYS.stdout
-    super(SubcommandOptionParser, me).print_help(file = file, *args, **kw)
+    if me.show_global_opts:
+      super(SubcommandOptionParser, me).print_help(file = file, *args, **kw)
+    else:
+      file.write(me.get_usage() + '\n')
+      file.write(me.get_description())
     file.write('\nCommands:\n')
     for sub in sorted(set(me._cmds.values()), key = lambda c: c.name):
       if sub.desc is None or me.context not in sub.contexts: continue