How to add custom help while keeping default verb help

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

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Start by reproducing the reported behavior with AddPreOptionsLine("Usage: clitool.exe [command] [options]") when invoking --help and when no command is supplied. Review the help-customization entry points and examples to determine whether the default verb help can be retained; done means the custom usage line appears without removing each verb's help.

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Description

I try to always add a line like:

"Usage: clitool.exe [command] [options]" when command is called with --help or without.

I could add it like: AddPreOptionsLine("Usage: clitool.exe [command] [options]"); but then the help for each verb was gone.

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