curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_IOCTLDATA, &request->buffer);
 #endif
        curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_null);
+       curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
        curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, DAV_PUT);
        curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_UPLOAD, 1);
        curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_PUT, 1);
-       curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
        curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, request->url);
 
        if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
 
        git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
 
-       setup_git_directory();
-
        repo = xcalloc(sizeof(*repo), 1);
 
        argv++;
                                force_delete = 1;
                                continue;
                        }
+                       if (!strcmp(arg, "-h"))
+                               usage(http_push_usage);
                }
                if (!repo->url) {
                        char *path = strstr(arg, "//");
        if (delete_branch && nr_refspec != 1)
                die("You must specify only one branch name when deleting a remote branch");
 
+       setup_git_directory();
+
        memset(remote_dir_exists, -1, 256);
 
        /*