From b10e319c9db574c79fcd0b29eae593e1349784aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maksim Grebeniuk <maksim.grebeniuk@sonarsource.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:42:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] SCANPY-168 Limit size of output on wrong argument

---
 src/pysonar_scanner/configuration/cli.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pysonar_scanner/configuration/cli.py b/src/pysonar_scanner/configuration/cli.py
index 0a677355..2f7a9bc1 100644
--- a/src/pysonar_scanner/configuration/cli.py
+++ b/src/pysonar_scanner/configuration/cli.py
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
 from pysonar_scanner.exceptions import UnexpectedCliArgument
 
 
+class PyScannerHelpFormatter(argparse.HelpFormatter):
+    recommended_args = {"help", "token", "sonar_project_key"}
+
+    def _format_actions_usage(self, actions, groups):
+        filtered_actions = [action for action in actions if action.dest in PyScannerHelpFormatter.recommended_args]
+        return super()._format_actions_usage(filtered_actions, groups)
+
+
 class CliConfigurationLoader:
 
     @classmethod
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@ def __create_parser(cls):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             description="Sonar scanner CLI for Python",
             epilog="Analysis properties not listed here will also be accepted, as long as they start with the -D prefix.",
+            formatter_class=PyScannerHelpFormatter,
         )
 
         parser.add_argument(