diff --git a/gitdch b/gitdch
index 35162bb..ec570f0 100755
--- a/gitdch
+++ b/gitdch
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="Show verbose m
 
 parser.add_argument("-w", "--warning", action="store_true", help="Show warning messages")
 
-parser.add_argument(
-    "-l", "--log-file", action="store", type=str, dest="logfile", help="Log file path"
-)
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--log-file", help="Log file path")
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-q",
@@ -39,17 +37,13 @@ parser.add_argument(
 parser.add_argument(
     "-p",
     "--path",
-    type=str,
-    dest="git_path",
-    help="Git repository path (default: %s)" % DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH,
+    help=f"Git repository path (default: {DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH})",
     default=DEFAULT_GIT_PATCH,
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-o",
     "--output",
-    type=str,
-    dest="output",
     help="Generated Debian changelog output path (default: stdout)",
 )
 
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "-A",
     "--append",
     action="store_true",
-    dest="append",
     help=(
         "Append mode: if the output changelog file already exists, append "
         "generated changelog lines at the beginning of the file (optional, "
@@ -65,72 +58,58 @@ parser.add_argument(
     ),
 )
 
-parser.add_argument("-n", "--package-name", type=str, dest="package_name", help="Package name")
+parser.add_argument("-n", "--package-name", help="Package name")
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-V",
     "--version",
-    type=str,
-    dest="version",
     help=("Current version (default: autodetected using git describe " "--always --tags)"),
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--version-suffix", type=str, dest="version_suffix", help="Suffix for autodetected version"
+    "--version-suffix",
+    help="Suffix for autodetected version",
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-c",
     "--code-name",
-    type=str,
-    dest="code_name",
-    help="Debian code name (default: %s)" % DEFAULT_CODE_NAME,
+    help=f"Debian code name (default: {DEFAULT_CODE_NAME})",
     default=DEFAULT_CODE_NAME,
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-u",
     "--urgency",
-    type=str,
-    dest="urgency",
-    help="Package urgency (default: %s)" % DEFAULT_URGENCY,
+    help=f"Package urgency (default: {DEFAULT_URGENCY})",
     default=DEFAULT_URGENCY,
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-N",
     "--maintainer-name",
-    type=str,
-    dest="maintainer_name",
     help="Maintainer name (default: last commit author name)",
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-E",
     "--maintainer-email",
-    type=str,
-    dest="maintainer_email",
     help="Maintainer email (default: last commit author email)",
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "-R",
     "--release-notes",
-    type=str,
-    dest="release_notes",
     help="Specify an optional Markdown release notes output path",
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
     "--revision",
-    type=str,
-    dest="revision",
     help=(
         "Specify the revision to use to generate the changelog (see "
         "git-rev-parse for viable options, optional, default: generate the "
         "changelog with all commits of the current branch) "
     ),
-    default=None,
 )
 
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -138,7 +117,6 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "--clean-tags-regex",
     action="append",
     type=re.compile,
-    dest="clean_tags_regex",
     help=(
         "Clean tags regex: you could specify regex to clean tag names when "
         'computing package versions. For instance, to drop a "-eeXXX" suffix '
@@ -153,7 +131,6 @@ parser.add_argument(
     "--exclude",
     action="append",
     type=re.compile,
-    dest="exclude",
     help=(
         "Commit exclusion regex: you could specify regex to exclude some "
         "commits from generated changelog entries. For instance, to exclude "
@@ -184,19 +161,19 @@ elif options.verbose:
 elif options.warning:
     log_level = logging.WARNING
 
-if options.logfile:
-    logfile = logging.FileHandler(options.logfile)
-    logfile.setFormatter(logformat)
-    logfile.setLevel(log_level if log_level is not None else logging.INFO)
-    log.addHandler(logfile)
+if options.log_file:
+    log_file = logging.FileHandler(options.log_file)
+    log_file.setFormatter(logformat)
+    log_file.setLevel(log_level if log_level is not None else logging.INFO)
+    log.addHandler(log_file)
 
-if not options.quiet or not options.logfile:
+if not options.quiet or not options.log_file:
     logconsole = logging.StreamHandler()
     logconsole.setLevel(log_level if log_level is not None else logging.FATAL)
     logconsole.setFormatter(logformat)
     log.addHandler(logconsole)
 
-repo = git.Repo(options.git_path)
+repo = git.Repo(options.path)
 
 
 def clean_deb_version(version_name):
@@ -240,7 +217,7 @@ if options.output and options.append and not options.revision:
             "revision."
         )
         # Reset repo object of to avoid BrokenPipeError
-        repo = git.Repo(options.git_path)
+        repo = git.Repo(options.path)
 
 log.info("Generate changelog from git commits")
 
@@ -283,7 +260,10 @@ for commit in repo.iter_commits(rev=options.revision):
         if regex.search(commit.summary):
             excluded = True
             log.debug(
-                'Exclude commit %s ("%s", match with "%s")', commit, commit.summary, regex.pattern
+                'Exclude commit %s ("%s", match with "%s")',
+                commit,
+                commit.summary,
+                regex.pattern,
             )
     if not excluded:
         messages.append(commit.summary)