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Add help <command> as alias for <command> --help #25001

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Add `help <command>` as alias for `<command> --help`
Sophist-UK Jun 25, 2026
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Fix typos
Sophist-UK Jun 25, 2026
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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion app/llama.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -118,11 +118,24 @@ static bool matches(const std::string & arg, const command & cmd) {
return false;
}

static bool is_cmd(std::string arg) {
for (const auto & cmd : cmds) {
if (matches(arg, cmd)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}

int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
progname = argv[0];

const std::string arg = argc >= 2 ? argv[1] : "help";
const bool help_cmd = argc >= 3 && argv[1] == "help" && is_cmd(argv[2]);

if (help_cmd) {
return main(3, {argv[2], "--help"});
}

for (const auto & cmd : cmds) {
if (matches(arg, cmd)) {
// keep cmd.name so the router's child processes re-invoke correctly
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