.helpOption(false) also disables subcommand help command

[mitsukuri]

In this example, I'd like to disable impilcit help option and only leave impicit help command.
test.mjs:

#!/usr/bin/env node
import { Command } from 'commander';
const cmd = new Command ();
cmd
   .helpOption (false)
   .command ('meow')
   .option ('-l, [--loud]')

cmd.parse ();

If I run test.mjs, I get

Usage: test [command]

Commands:
  meow [options]
  help [command]  display help for command

as expected, but if I run test.mjs help meow, I get an error:

error: unknown option '--help' // what option, I thought I was calling help command?,

while expected outcome would be

Usage: test meow [options]

Options:
  -l, [--loud]

[shadowspawn]

You have found a shortcoming in the help support!

The help command is implemented by passing --help into the subcommand. It was done this way so it could also work with stand-alone external subcommands.

• commander.js/lib/command.js

  Line 1254 in 33195f1

  return this._dispatchSubcommand(operands[1], [], [this._helpLongFlag]);

I think it would be reasonable to call directly into the help for a known (non-external) command. This would make the support more robust.

[shadowspawn]

This is fixed in v11

Thanks @mitsukuri