lib.App: Fix --help with required top-level args #65
2026-08-17
lib.App: Fix --help with required top-level args
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_build_parser() does an early parse_known_args() to configure logging from the command line, but that call also enforces the top-level required arguments. --help is registered only after the early parse so the subcommands are present in the rendered help, so an app with a required top-level positional, such as a root Cmd that takes a config-file, exits with "required: config-file" on --help before the final parse_args() in __run() can handle it. Skip the early parse when help or shell completion is requested (the add_all_parsers flag, already set for -h, --help, and argcomplete). The subcommands and --help are still registered, and the final parse_args() shows the help without enforcing the required arguments. The log-flag configuration and the running-command debug line move inside the guard; neither help nor completion logs, so they do not need them. Assisted-by: pi <unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q4_K_M> Signed-off-by: Jan Lindemann <jan@janware.com>