-
-help = 'create a new patch and make it the topmost one'
-usage = """%prog [options] [name]
-
-Create a new, empty patch and make it the topmost one. If the
-'--message' option is not passed, an editor is invoked with the
-.git/patchdescr.tmpl, ~/.stgit/templates/patchdescr.tmpl or
-/usr/share/stgit/templates/patchdescr.tmpl file used a as template,
-together with generated lines. The local changes in the working tree
-are not included in the patch; an "stg refresh" command is needed for
-this.
-
-If no name is given for the new patch, one is generated from the first
-line of the commit message."""
+from stgit.config import config
+
+help = 'Create a new, empty patch'
+kind = 'patch'
+usage = ['[options] [<name>]']
+description = """
+Create a new, empty patch on the current stack. The new patch is
+created on top of the currently applied patches, and is made the new
+top of the stack. Uncommitted changes in the work tree are not
+included in the patch -- that is handled by linkstg:refresh[].
+
+The given name must be unique in the stack, and may only contain
+alphanumeric characters, dashes and underscores. If no name is given,
+one is generated from the first line of the patch's commit message.
+
+An editor will be launched to edit the commit message to be used for
+the patch, unless the '--message' flag already specified one. The
+'patchdescr.tmpl' template file (if available) is used to pre-fill the
+editor."""
+
+args = []
+options = (argparse.author_options()
+ + argparse.message_options(save_template = True)
+ + argparse.sign_options())