restrict printing of help more

+ remove some disabled code

getsestuff

@@ -152,19 +152,6 @@ def check_repo(root, repo, url=None, branch=None):
                 print(gitconfig.get('remote.origin.url'), 'does not match', url)
             print(f'{join(root, repo)} exists already')
             return False
-            # if repo == 'sea':
-            #     do('mkdir seagit')
-            #     if sim:
-            #         print('> cd seagit')
-            #     else:
-            #         chdir('seagit')
-            #     do('git clone %s' % url)
-            #     do(f'mv sea/.git ../sea/.git')
-            #     if sim:
-            #         print('> cd ..')
-            #     else:
-            #         chdir('..')
-            #     do(f'rm -rf seagit')
         else:
             do('git clone %s' % url)
         pull = True
@@ -519,11 +506,6 @@ def remove_line(file, content):
             todo.add(action)
             print('remove above')
 
-#def do_monit():
-#    """remove monit support for sea / graph"""
-#    remove_line('%s/monitconfig' % home, 'sea')
-#    remove_line('%s/monitconfig' % home, 'graph')
-
 
 selected_instruments = None
 action_arg = ''
@@ -572,6 +554,8 @@ for a in actions:
 
 
 def print_help():
+    if not help:
+        return
     if remote:
         inst = "<instrument> "
     else:
@@ -603,10 +587,12 @@ if remote:
             docmd(f'sshpass -e ssh {inst}@{inst} getsestuff {action_arg} nohelp')
     sys.exit(0)
 
+
 def su_action(action):
     os.environ['SSHPASS'] = scramble('P[d20+2:1eh')
     docmd(f'sshpass -e ssh nicos@localhost {sys.argv[0]} {action} nohelp')
 
+
 if with_su:
     su_action(action_arg)
     sys.exit(0)
@@ -635,7 +621,6 @@ if action_arg in ('', 'all', 'sim') and nc_actions:
     print_help()
     sys.exit(0)
 
-if help:
 print_help()
 if sim or not action_arg and todo:
     print('needs updates: %s' % ' '.join(todo))