[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

paul j3 added the comment: Are you expecting the subcommand help to show the 'help' line that the main help shows? subparsers.add_parser('a', help='a help') add_parser takes all of the parameters that `ArgumentParser` takes, including description and epilog. I don't think we need to

[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

Hai Shi added the comment: Hi, Chuanlong. Would you mind to upload a demo for this question? -- nosy: +shihai1991 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

Andrei Kulakov added the comment: For me it works as well, tested on 3.7, 3.9 and 3.11 . -- nosy: +andrei.avk ___ Python tracker ___

[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

Nikita Sobolev added the comment: Hi! >From your description it is not clear how exactly you create your subcommand. >From my experience, it works. Demo: ``` import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some integers.') subparsers = parser.add_subparsers() #

[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- versions: -Python 3.10, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue45275] Make argparse print description of subcommand when invoke help doc on subcommand

New submission from Chuanlong Du : I have command-line script `blog` written using argparse. It supports subcommands. When I check the help doc of a subcommand, e.g., using `blog convert -h`, it prints the help doc of the subcommand `blog convert` but doesn't print the description of the