python · serhiy-storchaka · Oct 7, 2024 · Sep 24, 2024
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -2097,11 +2097,15 @@ def consume_positionals(start_index):
            # and add the Positional and its args to the list
            for action, arg_count in zip(positionals, arg_counts):
                args = arg_strings[start_index: start_index + arg_count]
-                # Strip out the first '--' if it is not in PARSER or REMAINDER arg.
-                if (action.nargs not in [PARSER, REMAINDER]
-                    and arg_strings_pattern.find('-', start_index,
+                # Strip out the first '--' if it is not in REMAINDER arg.
+                if action.nargs == PARSER:
+                    if arg_strings_pattern[start_index] == '-':
+                        assert args[0] == '--'
+                        args.remove('--')
+                elif action.nargs != REMAINDER:
+                    if (arg_strings_pattern.find('-', start_index,
                                                 start_index + arg_count) >= 0):
-                    args.remove('--')
+                        args.remove('--')
                start_index += arg_count
                if args and action.deprecated and action.dest not in warned:
                    self._warning(_("argument '%(argument_name)s' is deprecated") %

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -6106,6 +6106,20 @@ def test_subparser(self):
            "invalid choice: '--'",
            parser.parse_args, ['--', 'x', '--', 'run', 'a', 'b'])

+    def test_subparser_after_multiple_argument_option(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(exit_on_error=False)
+        parser.add_argument('--foo', nargs='*')
+        subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+        parser1 = subparsers.add_parser('run')
+        parser1.add_argument('-f')
+        parser1.add_argument('bar', nargs='*')
+
+        args = parser.parse_args(['--foo', 'x', 'y', '--', 'run', 'a', 'b', '-f', 'c'])
+        self.assertEqual(NS(foo=['x', 'y'], f='c', bar=['a', 'b']), args)
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(argparse.ArgumentError,
+            "invalid choice: '--'",
+            parser.parse_args, ['--foo', 'x', '--', '--', 'run', 'a', 'b'])
+

 # ===========================
 # parse_intermixed_args tests

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-20-12-23-11.gh-issue-53780.mrV1zi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-20-12-23-11.gh-issue-53780.mrV1zi.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:mod:`argparse` now ignores the first ``"--"`` (double dash) between an option and command.
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		:mod:`argparse` now ignores the first ``"--"`` (double dash) between an option and command.