[IMPR] parse global args before local args

detached from I4ef9009c91

Change-Id: Ieac88faba37a7caa76f1b3ee49847e5a53dba2a4
---
M scripts/patrol.py
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/patrol.py b/scripts/patrol.py
index e72e7ad..6cf8b76 100755
--- a/scripts/patrol.py
+++ b/scripts/patrol.py
@@ -446,11 +446,13 @@
     recentchanges = False
     newpages = False
     repeat = False
-    gen_factory = pagegenerators.GeneratorFactory()
     options = {}
 
     # Parse command line arguments
-    for arg in pywikibot.handle_args(args):
+    local_args = pywikibot.handle_args(args)
+    site = pywikibot.Site()
+    gen_factory = pagegenerators.GeneratorFactory(site)
+    for arg in local_args:
         if arg.startswith('-ask'):
             options['ask'] = True
         elif arg.startswith('-autopatroluserns'):
@@ -475,9 +477,6 @@
                     m = arg.split(':')
                     options[m[0]] = m[1]
 
-    site = pywikibot.Site()
-    site.login()
-
     if usercontribs:
         user = pywikibot.User(site, usercontribs)
         if user.isAnonymous() or user.isRegistered():

