Please describe the problem.

If I run git annex adjust --hide-missing --unlock, that works. If I run git annex adjust --unlock --hide-missing, that tells me "Invalid option '--hide-missing'" and prints the whole list of git-annex commands (which itself makes it hard to see the more useful error). I would expect that the order of the options doesn't matter, and if it does, I'd get a git annex adjust specific usage message.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

$ git annex adjust --unlock --hide-missing
Invalid option `--hide-missing'

Usage: git-annex COMMAND
[...]
$ git annex adjust --hide-missing --unlock
git-annex: Not in a git repository.

(Yes, I've also tried this in a git repo. That doesn't seem to change the error the first (IMO buggy) command gives, though obviously the second command gives different results.)

What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

git-annex version: 10.20240430
build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Inotify DBus DesktopNotify TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Testsuite S3 WebDAV
dependency versions: aws-0.24.1 bloomfilter-2.0.1.2 crypton-0.34 DAV-1.3.4 feed-1.3.2.1 ghc-9.6.5 http-client-0.7.17 persistent-sqlite-2.13.3.0 torrent-10000.1.3 uuid-1.3.15 yesod-1.6.2.1
key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 BLAKE2B256E BLAKE2B256 BLAKE2B512E BLAKE2B512 BLAKE2B160E BLAKE2B160 BLAKE2B224E BLAKE2B224 BLAKE2B384E BLAKE2B384 BLAKE2BP512E BLAKE2BP512 BLAKE2S256E BLAKE2S256 BLAKE2S160E BLAKE2S160 BLAKE2S224E BLAKE2S224 BLAKE2SP256E BLAKE2SP256 BLAKE2SP224E BLAKE2SP224 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL VURL X*
remote types: git gcrypt p2p S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav adb tahoe glacier ddar git-lfs httpalso borg rclone hook external
operating system: linux x86_64
supported repository versions: 8 9 10
upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ubuntu.

Same behavior occurs in git annex 10.20230926 with Nix-On-Droid (https://git-annex.branchable.com/Android/#index2h2) (which is where I actually want to use this, but is harder to file a bug from).

Please provide any additional information below.

This is admittedly arguably consistent with https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-adjust/, which suggests git annex adjust --unlock|--lock|--fix|--hide-missing [--unlock|--lock|--fix]|--unlock-present as the syntax (notably with --unlock after --hide-missing), but it's pretty unusual for a Linux command, and even if the decision is made to have one order be an error, the error message should be easier to understand.

Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)

Yes, I've been really happy using it to manage a bunch of videos, where I only need some on my laptop at any given time. Way better than my previous "manually scp things around" strategy.