diff --git a/src/cmd.ts b/src/cmd.ts
index cb06eb87..deb7364c 100755
--- a/src/cmd.ts
+++ b/src/cmd.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,24 @@ export async function setUp() {
 
     const Command = await getCommand(process.argv)
 
+    /**
+     * If you run `gh pr 1 -s node-gh --remote=origin --user protoEvangelion`, nopt will return
+     *
+     *   {
+     *     remote: 'origin',
+     *     submit: 'node-gh',
+     *     user: 'protoEvangelion',
+     *     argv: {
+     *         original: ['pr', '1', '-s', 'pr', 'node-gh', '--remote', 'origin', '--user', 'protoEvangelion'],
+     *         remain: ['pr', '1'],
+     *         cooked: ['pr', '1', '--submit', 'node-gh', '--remote', 'origin', '--user', 'protoEvangelion'],
+     *     },
+     *   }
+     *
+     * Historically we passed every arg after 2nd arg (gh pr 1 -s user; everything after 'pr')
+     * and all parsed options to each cmd's payload function to figure out positional args and allow for neat shortcuts like:
+     * gh is 'new issue' 'new issue description'
+     */
     const args = nopt(Command.DETAILS.options, Command.DETAILS.shorthands, process.argv, 2)
 
     setAutoFreeze(false)
diff --git a/src/cmds/gists.ts b/src/cmds/gists.ts
index 903d0410..76ef9c71 100644
--- a/src/cmds/gists.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/gists.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 // -- Requires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import * as inquirer from 'inquirer'
-import { openUrl } from '../utils'
+import { openUrl, userRanValidFlags } from '../utils'
 import * as base from '../base'
 import { getGitHubInstance } from '../github'
 import { afterHooks, beforeHooks } from '../hooks'
 import * as logger from '../logger'
-import { hasCmdInOptions } from '../utils'
 
 const config = base.getConfig()
 const testing = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'testing'
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ Gists.prototype.run = async function(done) {
     instance.config = config
     instance.GitHub = await getGitHubInstance()
 
-    if (!hasCmdInOptions(Gists.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
+    if (!userRanValidFlags(Gists.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
         options.list = true
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cmds/notification.ts b/src/cmds/notification.ts
index 7baf0b6f..e875705c 100644
--- a/src/cmds/notification.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/notification.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import { getGitHubInstance } from '../github'
 import * as logger from '../logger'
-import { hasCmdInOptions } from '../utils'
+import { userRanValidFlags } from '../utils'
 
 const printed = {}
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Notifications.prototype.run = async function(done) {
     const options = instance.options
     instance.GitHub = await getGitHubInstance()
 
-    if (!hasCmdInOptions(Notifications.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
+    if (!userRanValidFlags(Notifications.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
         options.latest = true
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cmds/pull-request.ts b/src/cmds/pull-request.ts
index b9abec8c..937a2e5f 100755
--- a/src/cmds/pull-request.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/pull-request.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ import * as Table from 'cli-table3'
 import { startsWith } from 'lodash'
 import * as marked from 'marked'
 import * as TerminalRenderer from 'marked-terminal'
-import { openUrl } from '../utils'
+import { openUrl, userRanValidFlags } from '../utils'
 import * as wrap from 'wordwrap'
 import * as base from '../base'
 import * as git from '../git'
 import { getGitHubInstance } from '../github'
 import { afterHooks, beforeHooks } from '../hooks'
 import * as logger from '../logger'
-import { hasCmdInOptions } from '../utils'
 
 const config = base.getConfig()
 const testing = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'testing'
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ PullRequest.prototype.run = async function(done) {
     instance.config = config
     instance.GitHub = await getGitHubInstance()
 
-    if (!hasCmdInOptions(PullRequest.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
+    if (!userRanValidFlags(PullRequest.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
         const payload = options.argv.remain && options.argv.remain.concat().slice(1)
 
         if (payload && payload[0]) {
diff --git a/src/cmds/repo.ts b/src/cmds/repo.ts
index c2027e8b..918a1a81 100644
--- a/src/cmds/repo.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/repo.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 import * as Octokit from '@octokit/rest'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as inquirer from 'inquirer'
-import { openUrl } from '../utils'
+import { openUrl, getCurrentFolderName, userRanValidFlags } from '../utils'
 import * as url from 'url'
 import * as base from '../base'
 import * as git from '../git'
 import { getGitHubInstance } from '../github'
 import { afterHooks, beforeHooks } from '../hooks'
 import * as logger from '../logger'
-import { getCurrentFolderName, hasCmdInOptions } from '../utils'
 
 const config = base.getConfig()
 const testing = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'testing'
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ Repo.prototype.run = async function(done) {
     instance.GitHub = await getGitHubInstance()
 
     if (
-        !hasCmdInOptions(Repo.DETAILS.commands, options) &&
+        !userRanValidFlags(Repo.DETAILS.commands, options) &&
         options.browser !== false &&
         options.argv.cooked.length === 1
     ) {
diff --git a/src/cmds/user.ts b/src/cmds/user.ts
index ab98f19e..8ec96529 100644
--- a/src/cmds/user.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/user.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import * as configs from '../configs'
 import { getGitHubInstance, tokenExists } from '../github'
 import * as logger from '../logger'
-import { hasCmdInOptions } from '../utils'
+import { userRanValidFlags } from '../utils'
 
 const testing = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'testing'
 
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ User.DETAILS = {
 User.prototype.run = async function(done) {
     const instance = this
     const options = instance.options
-    let login
+    let login = options.login
 
-    if (!hasCmdInOptions(User.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
+    if (!userRanValidFlags(User.DETAILS.commands, options)) {
         login = true
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 47e23a3d..ffab246e 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ export function getCurrentFolderName(): string {
     return cwdArr[cwdArr.length - 1]
 }
 
-export function hasCmdInOptions(commands, options) {
+/**
+ * Checks to see if the cli arguments are one of the accepted flags
+ */
+export function userRanValidFlags(commands, options) {
     if (commands) {
         return commands.some(c => {
             return options[c] !== undefined