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gh-142389: Add support for backtick colorisation in argparse help text #149375

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Add support for backtick colorisation in argparse help text
hugovk May 4, 2026
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Backticks in regrtest
hugovk May 4, 2026
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Update regex to match double backticks
hugovk May 4, 2026
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Fix bad GitHub UI suggestion
hugovk May 4, 2026
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Revert "Backticks in regrtest"
hugovk May 4, 2026
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Update docs, docstring and tests
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Add extra regression test for double backticks
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Add extra regression test for double backticks
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hugovk committed May 4, 2026
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Lib/test/test_argparse.py
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Expand Up @@ -7705,12 +7705,14 @@ def test_backtick_markup_special_regex_chars(self):
def test_backtick_markup_in_argument_help(self):
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="PROG", color=True)
parser.add_argument("--foo", help="set the `foo` value")
parser.add_argument("--bar", help="set the ``bar`` value")

prog_extra = self.theme.prog_extra
reset = self.theme.reset

help_text = parser.format_help()
self.assertIn(f"set the {prog_extra}foo{reset} value", help_text)
self.assertIn(f"set the {prog_extra}bar{reset} value", help_text)
self.assertNotIn("`", help_text)

def test_backtick_markup_in_argument_help_with_format(self):
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