Feature Request: Add --help command line flag

Description

Contributor guide

Tech stack

javascriptnodejs

Domain

clideveloper experience

Issue type

feature

DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.

2

Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.

under 1 hour

Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.

stale

ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.

clear

Prerequisites

Node.js basicsCommand line argument parsing

Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.

80

Research direction

Examine the main entry point of watchify (likely bin/watchify or index.js) to understand how command line arguments are currently parsed. Consider using a simple argument parser like minimist (already used in browserify) to add support for h and help. Check if there are any existing help text implementations in similar browserify tools. The goal is to print usage information and exit.