diff --git a/dev-python/rich-argparse/Manifest b/dev-python/rich-argparse/Manifest
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+DIST rich_argparse-1.7.1.tar.gz 38094 BLAKE2B 26c8d961c814b44907d63ce4a0f9d66995223d492f2f1d9f756d1e88c1873f0c93d3605dad4583205ff0e8bd4756c09d15b4a87e3b0374099f273a5dbac8c7ea SHA512 f4245bfa7eb4f44b97a6cf44bd5c81599c5136afbe73f74893b115dc409df9d3bcadf6db3fe723d767ad7a6def3bf96d3689c83b3f1372fce1e273ea9379104a
diff --git a/dev-python/rich-argparse/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rich-argparse/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">hamdanal/rich-argparse</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">rich-argparse</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/rich-argparse/rich-argparse-1.7.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rich-argparse/rich-argparse-1.7.1.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1 pypi
+
+DESCRIPTION="Rich help formatters for argparse and optparse"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/hamdanal/rich-argparse/
+	https://pypi.org/project/rich-argparse/
+"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=dev-python/rich-11.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_test() {
+	local -x COLUMNS=80
+	epytest
+}