haskell / haskell/cabal

Why does `cabal update --help` display so many arguments?

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cabal-install: other re: options type: enhancement
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It seems to me that `cabal update` exists only to download metadata from Hackage. But the output of `cabal update --help` is enormous; it seems to accept every flag that `cabal build` accepts, and perhaps more (like `--ignore-project`). Why is that? Thank you!

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