k4run: add help manually

key4hep · Aug 2, 2023 · b781996 · b781996
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commit b781996
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/k4FWCore/scripts/k4run b/k4FWCore/scripts/k4run
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     logger.addHandler(handler)
 
     global parser
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run job in the Key4HEP framework")
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run job in the Key4HEP framework", add_help=False)
     parser.add_argument("config_files", type=open, action=LoadFromFile, nargs="*",
                         help="Gaudi config (python) files describing the job")
     parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true",
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                   print("  %s (from %s)" % (item, cfgDb[item]["lib"]))
         sys.exit()
 
+    # add help manually here, if it is added earlier the parser exits after the first parse_arguments call
+    parser.add_argument("-h", "--help", action="help", default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help="show this help message and exit")
+
     opts = parser.parse_args()
 
     # print a doc line showing the configured algorithms