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+import sys
+import argparse
+from collections import defaultdict, OrderedDict
+
+class ArgumentUsageError(Exception):
+    """Exception class you can raise (and catch) in order to show the help"""
+    def __init__(self, message, subcommand=None):
+        self.message = message
+        self.subcommand = subcommand
+
+class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    """Our own version of argparse's ArgumentParser"""
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.setdefault('formatter_class', OeHelpFormatter)
+        self._subparser_groups = OrderedDict()
+        super(ArgumentParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def error(self, message):
+        sys.stderr.write('ERROR: %s\n' % message)
+        self.print_help()
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    def error_subcommand(self, message, subcommand):
+        if subcommand:
+            for action in self._actions:
+                if isinstance(action, argparse._SubParsersAction):
+                    for choice, subparser in action.choices.items():
+                        if choice == subcommand:
+                            subparser.error(message)
+                            return
+        self.error(message)
+
+    def add_subparsers(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        ret = super(ArgumentParser, self).add_subparsers(*args, **kwargs)
+        # Need a way of accessing the parent parser
+        ret._parent_parser = self
+        # Ensure our class gets instantiated
+        ret._parser_class = ArgumentSubParser
+        # Hacky way of adding a method to the subparsers object
+        ret.add_subparser_group = self.add_subparser_group
+        return ret
+
+    def add_subparser_group(self, groupname, groupdesc, order=0):
+        self._subparser_groups[groupname] = (groupdesc, order)
+
+
+class ArgumentSubParser(ArgumentParser):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if 'group' in kwargs:
+            self._group = kwargs.pop('group')
+        if 'order' in kwargs:
+            self._order = kwargs.pop('order')
+        super(ArgumentSubParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        for agroup in self._action_groups:
+            if agroup.title == 'optional arguments':
+                agroup.title = 'options'
+                break
+
+    def parse_known_args(self, args=None, namespace=None):
+        # This works around argparse not handling optional positional arguments being
+        # intermixed with other options. A pretty horrible hack, but we're not left
+        # with much choice given that the bug in argparse exists and it's difficult
+        # to subclass.
+        # Borrowed from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20165843/argparse-how-to-handle-variable-number-of-arguments-nargs
+        # with an extra workaround (in format_help() below) for the positional
+        # arguments disappearing from the --help output, as well as structural tweaks.
+        # Originally simplified from http://bugs.python.org/file30204/test_intermixed.py
+        positionals = self._get_positional_actions()
+        for action in positionals:
+            # deactivate positionals
+            action.save_nargs = action.nargs
+            action.nargs = 0
+
+        namespace, remaining_args = super(ArgumentSubParser, self).parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+        for action in positionals:
+            # remove the empty positional values from namespace
+            if hasattr(namespace, action.dest):
+                delattr(namespace, action.dest)
+        for action in positionals:
+            action.nargs = action.save_nargs
+        # parse positionals
+        namespace, extras = super(ArgumentSubParser, self).parse_known_args(remaining_args, namespace)
+        return namespace, extras
+
+    def format_help(self):
+        # Quick, restore the positionals!
+        positionals = self._get_positional_actions()
+        for action in positionals:
+            if hasattr(action, 'save_nargs'):
+                action.nargs = action.save_nargs
+        return super(ArgumentParser, self).format_help()
+
+
+class OeHelpFormatter(argparse.HelpFormatter):
+    def _format_action(self, action):
+        if hasattr(action, '_get_subactions'):
+            # subcommands list
+            groupmap = defaultdict(list)
+            ordermap = {}
+            subparser_groups = action._parent_parser._subparser_groups
+            groups = sorted(subparser_groups.keys(), key=lambda item: subparser_groups[item][1], reverse=True)
+            for subaction in self._iter_indented_subactions(action):
+                parser = action._name_parser_map[subaction.dest]
+                group = getattr(parser, '_group', None)
+                groupmap[group].append(subaction)
+                if group not in groups:
+                    groups.append(group)
+                order = getattr(parser, '_order', 0)
+                ordermap[subaction.dest] = order
+
+            lines = []
+            if len(groupmap) > 1:
+                groupindent = '  '
+            else:
+                groupindent = ''
+            for group in groups:
+                subactions = groupmap[group]
+                if not subactions:
+                    continue
+                if groupindent:
+                    if not group:
+                        group = 'other'
+                    groupdesc = subparser_groups.get(group, (group, 0))[0]
+                    lines.append('  %s:' % groupdesc)
+                for subaction in sorted(subactions, key=lambda item: ordermap[item.dest], reverse=True):
+                    lines.append('%s%s' % (groupindent, self._format_action(subaction).rstrip()))
+            return '\n'.join(lines)
+        else:
+            return super(OeHelpFormatter, self)._format_action(action)