From 5b3bb436392856a4f75ff826080972c3304bd8cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AmirHossein Sojoodi <amir.sojoodi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:54:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Print long names in help option

Related to #240, #363, and #349
---
 include/cxxopts.hpp | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/cxxopts.hpp b/include/cxxopts.hpp
index a5c67f1..7a15d8e 100644
--- a/include/cxxopts.hpp
+++ b/include/cxxopts.hpp
@@ -2150,9 +2150,21 @@ format_option
     result += "   ";
   }
 
-  if (!l.empty())
+  auto is_first_name = true;
+  for (const auto& name : o.l)
   {
-    result += " --" + toLocalString(l);
+    if (!name.empty())
+    {
+      if (is_first_name)
+      {
+        result += " --" + toLocalString(name);
+        is_first_name = false;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        result += ", --" + toLocalString(name);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   auto arg = !o.arg_help.empty() ? toLocalString(o.arg_help) : "arg";

From df305deeaa10b2fa4384550376b5774de01f7fea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amirsojoodi <amir.sojoodi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:36:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add unit test to print aliases

---
 test/options.cpp | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/options.cpp b/test/options.cpp
index 6df4972..ff944ac 100644
--- a/test/options.cpp
+++ b/test/options.cpp
@@ -1191,3 +1191,15 @@ TEST_CASE("No Options help", "[options]")
   CHECK_NOTHROW(options.parse(argc, argv));
   CHECK(options.help().find("test <posArg1>...<posArgN>") != std::string::npos);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("Help shows all aliases", "[help]")
+{
+  cxxopts::Options options("Print all aliases", " - ensure help lists every long name");
+
+  options.add_options()
+    ("v,verify,ver", "Verification option", cxxopts::value<std::string>());
+
+  const auto help = options.help();
+
+  CHECK(help.find("-v, --ver, --verify arg") != std::string::npos);
+}