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Issue #12713: reverted fix pending further discussion.

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@ -1668,18 +1668,6 @@ Sub-commands
>>> parser.parse_args(['co', 'bar'])
Namespace(foo='bar')
argparse supports non-ambiguous abbreviations of subparser names.
For example, the following three calls are all supported
and do the same thing, as the abbreviations used are not ambiguous::
>>> parser.parse_args(['checkout', 'bar'])
Namespace(foo='bar')
>>> parser.parse_args(['check', 'bar'])
Namespace(foo='bar')
>>> parser.parse_args(['che', 'bar'])
Namespace(foo='bar')
One particularly effective way of handling sub-commands is to combine the use
of the :meth:`add_subparsers` method with calls to :meth:`set_defaults` so
that each subparser knows which Python function it should execute. For