2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index c2e1a9c2e..55f6b356a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
     include? '--force-bottle'
   end
 
+  def help?
+    empty? || grep(/(-h|--help|--usage|-\?|help)/).any?
+  end
+
+  def version?
+    include? '--version'
+  end
+
   # eg. `foo -ns -i --bar` has three switches, n, s and i
   def switch? switch_character
     return false if switch_character.length > 1
diff --git a/Library/brew.rb b/Library/brew.rb
index 455f30464..27d66d20f 100755
--- a/Library/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/brew.rb
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ $:.unshift(HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH + '/vendor')
 $:.unshift(HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH)
 require 'global'
 
-case ARGV.first when '-h', '--help', '--usage', '-?', 'help', nil
+if ARGV.help?
   require 'cmd/help'
-  puts Homebrew.help_s
-  exit ARGV.first ? 0 : 1
-when '--version'
+  puts ARGV.usage
+  exit ARGV.any? ? 0 : 1
+elsif ARGV.version?
   puts HOMEBREW_VERSION
   exit 0
-when '-v'
+elsif ARGV.first == '-v'
   puts "Homebrew #{HOMEBREW_VERSION}"
   # Shift the -v to the end of the parameter list
   ARGV << ARGV.shift