Get help from ui output

Gemfile

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ if File.exist?(File.expand_path("../../vagrant-spec", __FILE__))
 else
   gem 'vagrant-spec', git: "https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-spec.git", branch: :main
 end
+
+gem 'pry-byebug'

get_help.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+require "vagrant"
+
+def command_help_for(name, subcommand)
+  plugin = Vagrant::Plugin::V2::Plugin.manager.commands[name.to_sym].to_a.first
+  if !plugin
+    raise "Failed to locate command plugin for: #{name}"
+  end
+  # Create a new anonymous class based on the command class
+  # so we can modify the setup behavior
+  klass = Class.new(plugin.call)
+
+  # Update the option parsing to store the provided options, and then return
+  # a nil value. The nil return will force the command to call help and not
+  # actually execute anything.
+  klass.class_eval do
+    def parse_options(opts)
+      Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:command_options, opts)
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  Vagrant::UI::Silent.class_eval do
+    def info(message, *opts)
+      Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:command_info, message)
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+  env = Vagrant::Environment.new(ui: Vagrant::UI::Silent.new)
+  # Execute the command to populate our options
+  cmd_plg = klass.new(subcommand, env)
+
+  begin
+    cmd_plg.execute
+  rescue Vagrant::Errors::CLIInvalidUsage
+    # This is expected since no args are being provided
+  end
+
+  options = Thread.current.thread_variable_get(:command_options)
+  msg = Thread.current.thread_variable_get(:command_info)
+
+  # require "pry-byebug"; binding.pry
+  # Clean our option data out of the thread
+  Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:command_options, nil)
+  Thread.current.thread_variable_set(:command_info, nil)
+
+  if !options.nil?
+    return options
+  elsif !msg.nil?
+    return msg
+  end
+end
+
+puts "getting help for status"
+hlp = command_help_for("status", [])
+puts hlp
+
+puts "\ngetting help for box"
+hlp = command_help_for("box", [])
+puts hlp
+
+# puts "\ngetting help for box add"
+# hlp = command_help_for("box", ["add"])
+# puts hlp

plugins/commands/autocomplete/command/root.rb

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-          opts.help
         end
       end
     end

plugins/commands/box/command/root.rb

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-          opts.help
         end
       end
     end

plugins/commands/cloud/auth/root.rb

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             end
 
             @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-            opts.help
           end
         end
       end

plugins/commands/cloud/box/root.rb

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             end
 
             @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-            opts.help
           end
         end
       end

plugins/commands/cloud/provider/root.rb

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             end
 
             @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-            opts.help
           end
         end
       end

plugins/commands/cloud/root.rb

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-          opts.help
         end
       end
     end

plugins/commands/cloud/version/root.rb

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             end
 
             @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-            opts.help
           end
         end
       end

plugins/commands/plugin/command/root.rb

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           @env.ui.info(opts.help, prefix: false)
-          opts.help
         end
       end
     end