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-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/options.py19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 0086c3619..eb21a25ac 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -117,6 +117,19 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None, ignore_config_files='if_override'):
return parser, opts, args
+class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
+ # optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
+
+ def _match_long_opt(self, opt):
+ """Improve ambigious argument resolution by comparing option objects instead of argument strings"""
+ try:
+ return super()._match_long_opt(opt)
+ except optparse.AmbiguousOptionError as e:
+ if len(set(self._long_opt[p] for p in e.possibilities)) == 1:
+ return e.possibilities[0]
+ raise
+
+
def create_parser():
def _format_option_string(option):
''' ('-o', '--option') -> -o, --format METAVAR'''
@@ -215,7 +228,7 @@ def create_parser():
'conflict_handler': 'resolve',
}
- parser = optparse.OptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
+ parser = _YoutubeDLOptionParser(**compat_kwargs(kw))
general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'General Options')
general.add_option(
@@ -1191,13 +1204,13 @@ def create_parser():
action='store_false', dest='allow_playlist_files',
help='Do not write playlist metadata when using --write-info-json, --write-description etc.')
filesystem.add_option(
- '--clean-infojson',
+ '--clean-info-json', '--clean-infojson',
action='store_true', dest='clean_infojson', default=None,
help=(
'Remove some private fields such as filenames from the infojson. '
'Note that it could still contain some personal information (default)'))
filesystem.add_option(
- '--no-clean-infojson',
+ '--no-clean-info-json', '--no-clean-infojson',
action='store_false', dest='clean_infojson',
help='Write all fields to the infojson')
filesystem.add_option(