How to use the docopt.Option function in docopt

assert token.startswith('-') and not token.startswith('--')
    left = token.lstrip('-')
    parsed = []
    while left != '':
        short, left = '-' + left[0], left[1:]
        similar = [o for o in options if o.short == short]
        if len(similar) > 1:
            raise tokens.error('%s is specified ambiguously %d times' %
                               (short, len(similar)))
        elif len(similar) < 1:
            o = Option(short, None, 0)
            options.append(o)
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o = Option(short, None, 0, True)
        else:  # why copying is necessary here?
            o = Option(short, similar[0].long,
                       similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
            value = None
            if o.argcount != 0:
                if left == '':
                    if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                        raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % short)
                    value = tokens.move()
                else:
                    value = left
                    left = ''
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o.value = value if value is not None else True
        parsed.append(o)
    return parsed

def parse_long(tokens, options):
    """long ::= '--' chars [ ( ' ' | '=' ) chars ] ;"""
    long, eq, value = tokens.move().partition('=')
    assert long.startswith('--')
    value = None if eq == value == '' else value
    similar = [o for o in options if o.long == long]
    if tokens.error is DocoptExit and similar == []:  # if no exact match
        similar = [o for o in options if o.long and o.long.startswith(long)]
    if len(similar) > 1:  # might be simply specified ambiguously 2+ times?
        raise tokens.error('%s is not a unique prefix: %s?' %
                           (long, ', '.join(o.long for o in similar)))
    elif len(similar) < 1:
        argcount = 1 if eq == '=' else 0
        o = Option(None, long, argcount)
        options.append(o)
        if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
            o = Option(None, long, argcount, value if argcount else True)
    else:
        o = Option(similar[0].short, similar[0].long,
                   similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
        if o.argcount == 0:
            if value is not None:
                raise tokens.error('%s must not have an argument' % o.long)
        else:
            if value is None:
                if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                    raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % o.long)
                value = tokens.move()
        if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
            o.value = value if value is not None else True

def build_command_tree(pattern, cmd_params):
    """
    Recursively fill in a command tree in cmd_params according to a docopt-parsed "pattern" object.
    """
    from docopt import Either, Optional, OneOrMore, Required, Option, Command, Argument
    if type(pattern) in [Either, Optional, OneOrMore]:
        for child in pattern.children:
            build_command_tree(child, cmd_params)
    elif type(pattern) in [Required]:
        for child in pattern.children:
            cmd_params = build_command_tree(child, cmd_params)
    elif type(pattern) in [Option]:
        suffix = "=" if pattern.argcount else ""
        if pattern.short:
            cmd_params.options.append(pattern.short + suffix)
        if pattern.long:
            cmd_params.options.append(pattern.long + suffix)
    elif type(pattern) in [Command]:
        cmd_params = cmd_params.get_subcommand(pattern.name)
    elif type(pattern) in [Argument]:
        cmd_params.arguments.append(pattern.name)
    return cmd_params

github3.repos.branch.Branch.protect = protect
github3.repos.branch.Branch.unprotect = unprotect

# Monkeypatch docopt to support our git-clone-options-hack
import docopt
known_options = {
    'clone': (
        '-q', '--quiet', '-v', '--verbose', '-n', '--no-checkout', '--bare',
        '--mirror', '--reference=', '--progress', '-o ', '--origin=',
        '-b ', '--branch=', '-u ', '--upload-pack=',
        '--template=', '-c ', '--config=',
        '--depth=', '--single-branch', '--no-single-branch', '--recursive', '--recurse-submodules',
        '--separate-git-dir='),
}

class GitOption(docopt.Option):
    def match(self, left, collected=None):
        if left and isinstance(left[0], docopt.Option) and ((self.short == left[0].short and self.short) or (self.long == left[0].long and self.long)):
            opt = left.pop(0)
            # Hijack the command argument to store the data
            cmd = [x for x in collected if type(x).__name__ == 'Command'][1]
            if not isinstance(cmd.value, list):
                cmd.value = []
            cmd.value.append(opt.short or opt.long)
            if opt.argcount:
                cmd.value.append(opt.value)
        return True, left, collected

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Git' + super(GitOption, self).__repr__()

"""shorts ::= '-' ( chars )* [ [ ' ' ] chars ] ;"""
    token = tokens.move()
    assert token.startswith('-') and not token.startswith('--')
    left = token.lstrip('-')
    parsed = []
    while left != '':
        short, left = '-' + left[0], left[1:]
        similar = [o for o in options if o.short == short]
        if len(similar) > 1:
            raise tokens.error('%s is specified ambiguously %d times' %
                               (short, len(similar)))
        elif len(similar) < 1:
            o = Option(short, None, 0)
            options.append(o)
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o = Option(short, None, 0, True)
        else:  # why copying is necessary here?
            o = Option(short, similar[0].long,
                       similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
            value = None
            if o.argcount != 0:
                if left == '':
                    if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                        raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % short)
                    value = tokens.move()
                else:
                    value = left
                    left = ''
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o.value = value if value is not None else True
        parsed.append(o)
    return parsed

assert long.startswith('--')
    value = None if eq == value == '' else value
    similar = [o for o in options if o.long == long]
    if tokens.error is DocoptExit and similar == []:  # if no exact match
        similar = [o for o in options if o.long and o.long.startswith(long)]
    if len(similar) > 1:  # might be simply specified ambiguously 2+ times?
        raise tokens.error('%s is not a unique prefix: %s?' %
                           (long, ', '.join(o.long for o in similar)))
    elif len(similar) < 1:
        argcount = 1 if eq == '=' else 0
        o = Option(None, long, argcount)
        options.append(o)
        if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
            o = Option(None, long, argcount, value if argcount else True)
    else:
        o = Option(similar[0].short, similar[0].long,
                   similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
        if o.argcount == 0:
            if value is not None:
                raise tokens.error('%s must not have an argument' % o.long)
        else:
            if value is None:
                if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                    raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % o.long)
                value = tokens.move()
        if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
            o.value = value if value is not None else True
    return [o]

def parse_shorts(tokens, options):
    """shorts ::= '-' ( chars )* [ [ ' ' ] chars ] ;"""
    token = tokens.move()
    assert token.startswith('-') and not token.startswith('--')
    left = token.lstrip('-')
    parsed = []
    while left != '':
        short, left = '-' + left[0], left[1:]
        similar = [o for o in options if o.short == short]
        if len(similar) > 1:
            raise tokens.error('%s is specified ambiguously %d times' %
                               (short, len(similar)))
        elif len(similar) < 1:
            o = Option(short, None, 0)
            options.append(o)
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o = Option(short, None, 0, True)
        else:  # why copying is necessary here?
            o = Option(short, similar[0].long,
                       similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
            value = None
            if o.argcount != 0:
                if left == '':
                    if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                        raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % short)
                    value = tokens.move()
                else:
                    value = left
                    left = ''
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:

assert token.startswith('-') and not token.startswith('--')
    left = token.lstrip('-')
    parsed = []
    while left != '':
        short, left = '-' + left[0], left[1:]
        similar = [o for o in options if o.short == short]
        if len(similar) > 1:
            raise tokens.error('%s is specified ambiguously %d times' %
                               (short, len(similar)))
        elif len(similar) < 1:
            o = Option(short, None, 0)
            options.append(o)
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o = Option(short, None, 0, True)
        else:  # why copying is necessary here?
            o = Option(short, similar[0].long,
                       similar[0].argcount, similar[0].value)
            value = None
            if o.argcount != 0:
                if left == '':
                    if tokens.current() in [None, '--']:
                        raise tokens.error('%s requires argument' % short)
                    value = tokens.move()
                else:
                    value = left
                    left = ''
            if tokens.error is DocoptExit:
                o.value = value if value is not None else True
        parsed.append(o)
    return parsed