if( find_option("all","a",0)!=0 ) brFlags = BRL_BOTH;
    if( find_option("closed","c",0)!=0 ) brFlags = BRL_CLOSED_ONLY;
    if( find_option("t",0,0)!=0 ) brFlags |= BRL_ORDERBY_MTIME;
    if( find_option("r",0,0)!=0 ) brFlags |= BRL_REVERSE;
    if( find_option("p",0,0)!=0 ) brFlags |= BRL_PRIVATE;
    if( find_option("merged","m",0)!=0 ) brFlags |= BRL_MERGED;
    if( find_option("unmerged","M",0)!=0 ) brFlags |= BRL_UNMERGED;
    if( find_option("self","0",0)!=0 ){
      if( zUser ){
        fossil_fatal("flags --username and --self are mutually exclusive");
      }
      user_select();
      zUser = login_name();
    }

      nLimit = 5;
      if( g.argc>4 || (g.argc==4 && (nLimit = atoi(g.argv[3]))==0) ){
        fossil_fatal("the lsh subcommand allows one optional numeric argument");
      }
      brFlags |= BRL_ORDERBY_MTIME;
    }else{
      if( (g.argc == 4 || g.argc == 5)
       && fossil_strcmp(g.argv[g.argc-1], "--user") == 0 ){
        fossil_fatal("Missing argument for --user");
      }
      if( g.argc >= 4 ) zBrNameGlob = g.argv[3];
    }

    if( g.localOpen ){
      vid = db_lget_int("checkout", 0);
      zCurrent = db_text(0, "SELECT value FROM tagxref"