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Fix:(issue_2244) Dont check req flags for help and completion commands - #2245

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Help and Completion commands dont check required flags

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I tested this PR, and this works as intended. Thank you 👍

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LGTM 👍

(side note: I kind of don't like how tests are titled. we may need to rephrase them later).

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- chore(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot)\[bot] in [#&#8203;2230](urfave/cli#2230)
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- Fix:(issue\_2244) Dont check req flags for help and completion commands by [@&#8203;dearchap](https://github.com/dearchap) in [#&#8203;2245](urfave/cli#2245)
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Regression: #2271

barry3406 added a commit to barry3406/cli-1 that referenced this pull request Apr 19, 2026
PR urfave#2245 introduced a regression by short-circuiting pre-parse for any
command named "help", which silently dropped flags and arguments on
user-supplied help commands. Keep the pre-parse path intact and instead
skip the required-flag enforcement for the help and completion commands,
which was the actual goal of urfave#2245.

Fixes urfave#2271
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