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InvalidCastException in GetUsageData when using nullable reference types

See original GitHub issue

https://github.com/rubberduck203/GitNStats/issues/27

I recently enabled nullable reference types for my application. Since then, calling my app with the --help flag has started failing with an unhandled exception.

$ dotnet run --project src/gitnstats/gitnstats.csproj -- --help
Unhandled exception. System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NullableAttribute' to type 'CommandLine.Text.UsageAttribute'.
   at CommandLine.Core.ReflectionExtensions.<>c.<GetUsageData>b__2_3(<>f__AnonymousType1`2 <>h__TransparentIdentifier0)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SingleOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at CommandLine.Core.ReflectionExtensions.GetUsageData(Type type)
   at CommandLine.Text.HelpText.GetUsageFromType(Type type)
   at CommandLine.Text.HelpText.RenderUsageTextAsLines[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, Func`2 mapperFunc)+MoveNext()
   at CSharpx.EnumerableExtensions.ToMaybe[T](IEnumerable`1 source)
   at CommandLine.Text.HelpText.AutoBuild[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, Func`2 onError, Func`2 onExample, Boolean verbsIndex, Int32 maxDisplayWidth)
   at CommandLine.Text.HelpText.AutoBuild[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, Func`2 onError, Int32 maxDisplayWidth)
   at CommandLine.Text.HelpText.AutoBuild[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, Int32 maxDisplayWidth)
   at CommandLine.Parser.<>c__DisplayClass17_0`1.<DisplayHelp>b__1(IEnumerable`1 _, TextWriter writer)
   at CSharpx.MaybeExtensions.Do[T1,T2](Maybe`1 maybe, Action`2 action)
   at CommandLine.Parser.<>c__DisplayClass17_0`1.<DisplayHelp>b__0(IEnumerable`1 errors)
   at CommandLine.ParserResultExtensions.WithNotParsed[T](ParserResult`1 result, Action`1 action)
   at CommandLine.Parser.DisplayHelp[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, TextWriter helpWriter, Int32 maxDisplayWidth)
   at CommandLine.Parser.MakeParserResult[T](ParserResult`1 parserResult, ParserSettings settings)
   at CommandLine.Parser.ParseArguments[T](IEnumerable`1 args)
   at GitNStats.Program.Main(String[] args) in /Users/rubberduck/src/GitNStats/src/gitnstats/Program.cs:line 11

The invalid cast is occurring in this block of code.

https://github.com/commandlineparser/commandline/blob/d443a51aeb3a418425e970542b3b96e9da5f62e2/src/CommandLine/Core/ReflectionExtensions.cs#L39-L48

I haven’t figured out if it’s occurring on line 44 or 45 yet, but GetUsageData seems to be assuming that it will only find a single attribute.

I’ll do my best to update this with a minimal reproduction.