Django's manage.py --help command outputs both generic and specific help if you switch the order of statements

[Remco Wendt]

Using manage.py with: ./manage.py --help [command] gives you the [command] specific help as expected. But doing it the other way around: ./manage.py [command] --help gives you both the generic manage.py help output _and_ the specific [command] help.

For example:

(trunk)shanx@shanx:~/django/djangosprint-pycon2008/trunk/myproject $ ./manage.py loaddata --help
Usage: manage.py [options]

Options:
  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
                        "myproject.settings.main". If this isn't provided, the
                        DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will be
                        used.
  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
                        A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
                        "/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
  --traceback           Print traceback on exception
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
Usage: ./manage.py loaddata [options] fixture [fixture ...]

Installs the named fixture(s) in the database.

Options:
  --settings=SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
                        "myproject.settings.main". If this isn't provided, the
                        DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will be
                        used.
  --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
                        A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
                        "/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
  --traceback           Print traceback on exception
  --verbosity=VERBOSITY
                        Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output,
                        2=all output
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Not really sure if this is a bug, or if this behaviour is meant this way. But thought I report it anyway.

[Remco Wendt]

This is a duplicate of a more general issue covered by #6017. Closing my own ticket :)