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412	tahoe -h doesn't do what people expect (--help)	zooko		"ben posted a transcript which included this bit:

{{{
bash-3.2$ bin/tahoe -h
/Users/bhyde/w/scratch/scratch/scratch/allmydata-tahoe-1.0.0-r2537/support/bin/tahoe:  option -h not recognized

Usage:  tahoe <command> [command options]
Options:
  -q, --quiet    Operate silently.
  -V, --version  Display version numbers and exit.
      --help     Display this help and exit.
Commands:
}}}

I poked around looking for where the ""--help"" command is defined but couldn't find it.  I guess it is part of twisted.usage itself rather than something that we specified.  Hm, there it is:

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/trunk/twisted/python/usage.py?rev=20243#L176

See also line 188:

http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/trunk/twisted/python/usage.py?rev=20243#L188

which says ""#opt_h = opt_help # this conflicted with existing 'host' options."""	defect	closed	minor	1.3.0	code-frontend-cli	1.0.0	fixed