diff --git a/git-flow b/git-flow
index cdf0e07..fd16d51 100755
--- a/git-flow
+++ b/git-flow
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@
 	# use the shFlags project to parse the command line arguments
 	. "$GITFLOW_DIR/gitflow-shFlags"
 	FLAGS_PARENT="git flow"
+
+  # allow user to request git action logging
+  DEFINE_boolean show_commands false 'show actions taken (git commands)' g
+
+  # do actual parsing
 	FLAGS "$@" || exit $?
 	eval set -- "${FLAGS_ARGV}"