From 3f5d73bf3e706b3bf7402f797107da5d0193012f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bth <git@bth.moi>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:17:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] help : errors.As : assign to the HelpError constructed at
 callsite

---
 cat/cat.go   | 5 ++---
 last/last.go | 5 ++---
 mv/mv.go     | 5 ++---
 next/next.go | 5 ++---
 sort/sort.go | 5 ++---
 tag/tag.go   | 5 ++---
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cat/cat.go b/cat/cat.go
index 4b8286b..189dd5f 100644
--- a/cat/cat.go
+++ b/cat/cat.go
@@ -85,9 +85,8 @@ func Cat(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)
diff --git a/last/last.go b/last/last.go
index 3485184..17b0890 100644
--- a/last/last.go
+++ b/last/last.go
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ func Last(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)
diff --git a/mv/mv.go b/mv/mv.go
index e91ecbf..7d27825 100644
--- a/mv/mv.go
+++ b/mv/mv.go
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ func Mv(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)
diff --git a/next/next.go b/next/next.go
index 910ee3b..c0559e9 100644
--- a/next/next.go
+++ b/next/next.go
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ func Next(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)
diff --git a/sort/sort.go b/sort/sort.go
index 8b91c82..5bdda0a 100644
--- a/sort/sort.go
+++ b/sort/sort.go
@@ -72,9 +72,8 @@ func Sort(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)
diff --git a/tag/tag.go b/tag/tag.go
index 10814da..5436fce 100644
--- a/tag/tag.go
+++ b/tag/tag.go
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ func Tag(args []string) {
 	opts := initOpts()
 	help := flags.NewHelpError(CMD, SUMMARY)
 	if err := flags.ParseArgs(help, args, &opts); err != nil {
-		var herr flags.HelpError
-		if errors.As(err, &herr) {
-			fmt.Println(herr)
+		if errors.As(err, &help) {
+			fmt.Println(help)
 			return
 		}
 		log.Fatalf("um %s: %s", CMD, err)