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Windows installer no longer responds to `/?` or `-help`
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Windows
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 82
- Forks
- 64
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
- 11
Description
These used to provide a help message which no longer seems to be presented.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the Windows installer’s argument handling and trace how /? and -help are processed. Restore the help response for both options, then verify that each displays the expected help message.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- release
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100