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+/* Copyright (C) 2020 by g10 Code GmbH <info@g10code.com>
+ *
+ * This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
+ * and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
+ * See LICENSE.txt for details.
+ */
+#pragma once
+#include <QCommandLineParser>
+#include <QList>
+
+/** @file Commandline options*/
+static void options(QCommandLineParser &parser)
+{
+    QList<QCommandLineOption> options;
+
+    options
+        << QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("debug"),
+                QStringLiteral("Print debug output."))
+        << QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("lang"),
+                QStringLiteral("Language"),
+                QStringLiteral("Language to be used e.g. de_DE"))
+        ;
+
+    for (const auto &opt: options) {
+        parser.addOption(opt);
+    }
+    parser.addVersionOption();
+    parser.addHelpOption();
+}