[New-bugs-announce] [issue42875] argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string

[Pavel Ditenbir]

New submission from Pavel Ditenbir <pavel.ditenbir at gmail.com>:

Steps to reproduce.

Run the attached script:
$ python3 argparse-indent-sample.py --help

The output is:
usage: argparse-indent-sample.py [-h] CMD ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit

service:
  CMD                  command to use
    add                add something
    remove             remove something
    a-very-long-command
                       command that does something

Expected output is:
usage: argparse-indent-sample.py [-h] CMD ...

optional arguments:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit

service:
  CMD                    command to use
    add                  add something
    remove               remove something
    a-very-long-command  command that does something

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components: Library (Lib)
files: argparse-indent-sample.py
messages: 384728
nosy: DiPaolo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: argparse incorrectly shows help string on a new line in case of long command string
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.9
Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49730/argparse-indent-sample.py

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