1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/update-copyright.pl b/contrib/update-copyright.pl
index 93ec5e6f0..282bffd5d 100755
--- a/contrib/update-copyright.pl
+++ b/contrib/update-copyright.pl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011  The CVC4 Project
 #
 # usage: update-copyright [-m] [files/directories...]
+#        update-copyright [-h | --help]
 #
 # This script goes through a source directory rewriting the top bits of
 # source files to match a template (inline, below).  For files with no
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 # It ignores any directory matching $excluded_directories
 # (so, you should add here any sources imported but not covered under
 # the license.)
+#
 
 my $excluded_directories = '^(minisat|CVS|generated)$';
 # re-include bounded_token_buffer.{h,cpp}
@@ -65,6 +67,16 @@ use Fcntl ':mode';
 my $dir = $0;
 $dir =~ s,/[^/]+/*$,,;
 
+if($#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[0] eq '-h' || $ARGV[0] eq '--help') {
+  open(my $SELF, $0) || die "error opening $0 for reading";
+  while($_ = <$SELF>) {
+    last if !/^#/;
+    print;
+  }
+  close $SELF;
+  exit;
+}
+
 # whether we ONLY process files with svn status "M"
 my $modonly = 0;