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+"""A single place for constructing and exposing the main parser
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
+from pip._internal.cli.parser import (
+    ConfigOptionParser,
+    UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter,
+)
+from pip._internal.commands import commands_dict, get_similar_commands
+from pip._internal.exceptions import CommandError
+from pip._internal.utils.misc import get_pip_version, get_prog
+from pip._internal.utils.typing import MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING
+
+if MYPY_CHECK_RUNNING:
+    from typing import Tuple, List
+
+
+__all__ = ["create_main_parser", "parse_command"]
+
+
+def create_main_parser():
+    # type: () -> ConfigOptionParser
+    """Creates and returns the main parser for pip's CLI
+    """
+
+    parser_kw = {
+        'usage': '\n%prog <command> [options]',
+        'add_help_option': False,
+        'formatter': UpdatingDefaultsHelpFormatter(),
+        'name': 'global',
+        'prog': get_prog(),
+    }
+
+    parser = ConfigOptionParser(**parser_kw)
+    parser.disable_interspersed_args()
+
+    parser.version = get_pip_version()
+
+    # add the general options
+    gen_opts = cmdoptions.make_option_group(cmdoptions.general_group, parser)
+    parser.add_option_group(gen_opts)
+
+    # so the help formatter knows
+    parser.main = True  # type: ignore
+
+    # create command listing for description
+    description = [''] + [
+        '%-27s %s' % (name, command_info.summary)
+        for name, command_info in commands_dict.items()
+    ]
+    parser.description = '\n'.join(description)
+
+    return parser
+
+
+def parse_command(args):
+    # type: (List[str]) -> Tuple[str, List[str]]
+    parser = create_main_parser()
+
+    # Note: parser calls disable_interspersed_args(), so the result of this
+    # call is to split the initial args into the general options before the
+    # subcommand and everything else.
+    # For example:
+    #  args: ['--timeout=5', 'install', '--user', 'INITools']
+    #  general_options: ['--timeout==5']
+    #  args_else: ['install', '--user', 'INITools']
+    general_options, args_else = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    # --version
+    if general_options.version:
+        sys.stdout.write(parser.version)  # type: ignore
+        sys.stdout.write(os.linesep)
+        sys.exit()
+
+    # pip || pip help -> print_help()
+    if not args_else or (args_else[0] == 'help' and len(args_else) == 1):
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit()
+
+    # the subcommand name
+    cmd_name = args_else[0]
+
+    if cmd_name not in commands_dict:
+        guess = get_similar_commands(cmd_name)
+
+        msg = ['unknown command "%s"' % cmd_name]
+        if guess:
+            msg.append('maybe you meant "%s"' % guess)
+
+        raise CommandError(' - '.join(msg))
+
+    # all the args without the subcommand
+    cmd_args = args[:]
+    cmd_args.remove(cmd_name)
+
+    return cmd_name, cmd_args