Using ruby's OptionParser to parse sub-commands

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I'd like to be able to use ruby's OptionParser to parse sub-commands of the form

COMMAND [GLOBAL FLAGS] [SUB-COMMAND [SUB-COMMAND FLAGS]]

like:

git branch -a
gem list foo

I know I could switch to a different option parser library (like Trollop), but I'm interested in learning how to do this from within OptionParser, since I'd like to learn the library better.

Any tips?

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