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Promote -q/--quiet flag from -H help to -h help display
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Promote -v/--verbose to -h help display alongside -q/--quiet
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions programs/zstdcli.c
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Expand Up @@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ static void usage(FILE* f, const char* programName)
DISPLAY_F(f, " -f, --force Disable input and output checks. Allows overwriting existing files,\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " receiving input from the console, printing output to STDOUT, and\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " operating on links, block devices, etc. Unrecognized formats will be\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " passed-through through as-is.\n\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " passed-through through as-is.\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " -q, --quiet Suppress warnings; pass twice to suppress errors.\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " -v, --verbose Enable verbose output; pass multiple times to increase verbosity.\n\n");

DISPLAY_F(f, " -h Display short usage and exit.\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " -H, --help Display full help and exit.\n");
Expand All @@ -185,8 +187,6 @@ static void usageAdvanced(const char* programName)
usage(stdout, programName);
DISPLAYOUT("Advanced options:\n");

DISPLAYOUT(" -v, --verbose Enable verbose output; pass multiple times to increase verbosity.\n");
DISPLAYOUT(" -q, --quiet Suppress warnings; pass twice to suppress errors.\n");
#ifndef ZSTD_NOTRACE
DISPLAYOUT(" --trace LOG Log tracing information to LOG.\n");
#endif
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions tests/cli-tests/basic/help.sh.stdout.glob
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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Options:
receiving input from the console, printing output to STDOUT, and
operating on links, block devices, etc. Unrecognized formats will be
passed-through through as-is.
-q, --quiet Suppress warnings; pass twice to suppress errors.
-v, --verbose Enable verbose output; pass multiple times to increase verbosity.

-h Display short usage and exit.
-H, --help Display full help and exit.
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