yargs show main help after parse

Question

I have the following code

const yargs = require("yargs");

const parser = yargs.command("test", "description", (yargs) => {
  yargs.version("1.0.0");
});

yargs.command("test2", "description2", (yargs) => {
  yargs.version("1.0.0");
});

parser.parse("test2");
(async () => {
  const output = await yargs.getHelp();
  console.log(output);
})();

and it gives me the following result

$ node t.js
t.js test2

description2

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]

this help is for "test2" but I don't want to get that

if I comment out

// parser.parse("test2");

this is the result that I need

$ node t.js
t.js [command]

Commands:
  t.js test   description
  t.js test2  description2

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]

so basically I want to get the main help result after parsing. If I use parse then getHelp, it is giving me the help for the parsed command

is there any way so I can get the main help

aside from storing it to some variable

yargs show main help after parse

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