v.24.4Improvement

Reduce Verbosity of --help Output in ClickHouse Client and Local

Official CH changelog text
Reduce the verbosity of command line argument --help in clickhouse client and clickhouse local. The previous output is now generated by --help --verbose. #62973 (Yarik Briukhovetskyi).
Reduced verbosity for --help in clickhouse client and clickhouse local. The detailed help output now requires the additional --verbose flag.

Why it matters

This feature improves user experience by simplifying the output of the --help command for clickhouse client and clickhouse local. It reduces noise for users who only need basic help information, while still allowing access to detailed help with the --verbose flag.

How to use it

To see concise help information, run:

clickhouse client --help
clickhouse local --help


To access the full, detailed help output, run:

clickhouse client --help --verbose
clickhouse local --help --verbose

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