scripts: improve rendering of synopsis/usage

[tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs.git] / src / allmydata / scripts / runner.py

diff --git a/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py b/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py
index f295a98021a8de0b70da40b94ccc49df6911ce6a..4767e59e067138d1ae6436249c980ae8c452b3f1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/scripts/runner.py
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ class Options(usage.Options):
         print >>self.stdout, allmydata.get_package_versions_string(show_paths=True, debug=True)
         self.no_command_needed = True
 
-    def getSynopsis(self):
-        return "\nUsage: tahoe [global-opts] <command> [command-options]"
+    def __str__(self):
+        return ("\nUsage: tahoe [global-options] <command> [command-options]\n"
+                + self.getUsage())
+
+    synopsis = "\nUsage: tahoe [global-opts]" # used only for subcommands
 
     def getUsage(self, **kwargs):
         t = usage.Options.getUsage(self, **kwargs)
+        t = t.replace("Options:", "\nGlobal options:", 1)
         return t + "\nPlease run 'tahoe <command> --help' for more details on each command.\n"
 
     def postOptions(self):