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argsparse: allowing --version without mandatory options

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Hi,

I am writing a program for the command-line which uses 'argsparse'.  I
want to make some options mandatory by setting 'required=True', but
still allow the program to run with the option '--version' (which just
shows the version and then exits) even if the mandatory options are
missing.

Is there a standard way of doing this?

Cheers,

Loris 

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argsparse: allowing --version without mandatory options "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> - 2025-10-30 11:12 +0100
  Re: argsparse: allowing --version without mandatory options "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> - 2025-10-30 13:50 +0100
    Re: argsparse: allowing --version without mandatory options "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2025-11-03 22:19 -0500
  Re: argsparse: allowing --version without mandatory options Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-30 21:57 +0000

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