Remove support for shadowing help flags

Author: shadowspawn

lib/help.js

@@ -71,16 +71,7 @@ class Help {
     // Built-in help option.
     const helpOption = cmd._getHelpOption();
     if (helpOption && !helpOption.hidden) {
-      // Automatically hide conflicting flags. (Bit magical and messy, but preserve for now!)
-      const removeShort = helpOption.short && cmd._findOption(helpOption.short);
-      const removeLong = helpOption.long && cmd._findOption(helpOption.long);
-      if (!removeShort && !removeLong) {
-        visibleOptions.push(helpOption); // no changes needed
-      } else if (helpOption.long && !removeLong) {
-        visibleOptions.push(cmd.createOption(helpOption.long, helpOption.description));
-      } else if (helpOption.short && !removeShort) {
-        visibleOptions.push(cmd.createOption(helpOption.short, helpOption.description));
-      }
+      visibleOptions.push(helpOption);
     }
     if (this.sortOptions) {
       visibleOptions.sort(this.compareOptions);

tests/command.help.test.js

@@ -121,21 +121,21 @@ test('when addCommand with hidden:true then not displayed in helpInformation', (
   expect(helpInformation).not.toMatch('secret');
 });
 
-test('when help short flag masked then not displayed in helpInformation', () => {
-  const program = new commander.Command();
-  program
-    .option('-h, --host', 'select host');
-  const helpInformation = program.helpInformation();
-  expect(helpInformation).not.toMatch(/\W-h\W.*display help/);
-});
-
-test('when both help flags masked then not displayed in helpInformation', () => {
-  const program = new commander.Command();
-  program
-    .option('-h, --help', 'custom');
-  const helpInformation = program.helpInformation();
-  expect(helpInformation).not.toMatch('display help');
-});
+// test('when help short flag masked then not displayed in helpInformation', () => {
+//   const program = new commander.Command();
+//   program
+//     .option('-h, --host', 'select host');
+//   const helpInformation = program.helpInformation();
+//   expect(helpInformation).not.toMatch(/\W-h\W.*display help/);
+// });
+
+// test('when both help flags masked then not displayed in helpInformation', () => {
+//   const program = new commander.Command();
+//   program
+//     .option('-h, --help', 'custom');
+//   const helpInformation = program.helpInformation();
+//   expect(helpInformation).not.toMatch('display help');
+// });
 
 test('when call .help then output on stdout', () => {
   const writeSpy = jest.spyOn(process.stdout, 'write').mockImplementation(() => { });

tests/help.visibleOptions.test.js

@@ -45,26 +45,26 @@ describe('implicit help', () => {
     expect(helper.optionTerm(implicitHelp)).toEqual('-h, --help');
   });
 
-  test('when short flag obscured then help term is --help', () => {
-    const program = new commander.Command();
-    program.addOption(new commander.Option('-h, --huge').hideHelp());
-    const helper = new commander.Help();
-    const implicitHelp = helper.visibleOptions(program)[0];
-    expect(helper.optionTerm(implicitHelp)).toEqual('--help');
-  });
+  // test('when short flag obscured then help term is --help', () => {
+  //   const program = new commander.Command();
+  //   program.addOption(new commander.Option('-h, --huge').hideHelp());
+  //   const helper = new commander.Help();
+  //   const implicitHelp = helper.visibleOptions(program)[0];
+  //   expect(helper.optionTerm(implicitHelp)).toEqual('--help');
+  // });
 
-  test('when long flag obscured then help term is --h', () => {
-    const program = new commander.Command();
-    program.addOption(new commander.Option('-H, --help').hideHelp());
-    const helper = new commander.Help();
-    const implicitHelp = helper.visibleOptions(program)[0];
-    expect(helper.optionTerm(implicitHelp)).toEqual('-h');
-  });
+  // test('when long flag obscured then help term is --h', () => {
+  //   const program = new commander.Command();
+  //   program.addOption(new commander.Option('-H, --help').hideHelp());
+  //   const helper = new commander.Help();
+  //   const implicitHelp = helper.visibleOptions(program)[0];
+  //   expect(helper.optionTerm(implicitHelp)).toEqual('-h');
+  // });
 
-  test('when help flags obscured then implicit help hidden', () => {
-    const program = new commander.Command();
-    program.addOption(new commander.Option('-h, --help').hideHelp());
-    const helper = new commander.Help();
-    expect(helper.visibleOptions(program)).toEqual([]);
-  });
+  // test('when help flags obscured then implicit help hidden', () => {
+  //   const program = new commander.Command();
+  //   program.addOption(new commander.Option('-h, --help').hideHelp());
+  //   const helper = new commander.Help();
+  //   expect(helper.visibleOptions(program)).toEqual([]);
+  // });
 });