man: document existing top level options

[notmuch] / man / man1 / notmuch.1

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 notmuch \- thread-based email index, search, and tagging
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B notmuch
 notmuch \- thread-based email index, search, and tagging
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B notmuch

-.IR command " [" args " ...]"
+.RI "[" option " ...] " command  " [" arg " ...]"

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Notmuch is a command-line based program for indexing, searching,
 reading, and tagging large collections of email messages.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 Notmuch is a command-line based program for indexing, searching,
 reading, and tagging large collections of email messages.


@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ interfaces to notmuch. The emacs-based interface to notmuch (available under
 in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at
 this time.
 
 in the Notmuch source distribution) is probably the most widely used at
 this time.
 

+.SH OPTIONS
+
+Supported global options for
+.B notmuch
+include
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-help
+
+Print a synopsis of available commands and exit.
+.RE
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-version
+
+Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit.
+.RE
+

 .SH COMMANDS
 
 
 .SH COMMANDS