def reinitialize_command(self, command, reinit_subcommands=0):
        """Reinitializes a command to the state it was in when first
        returned by 'get_command_obj()': ie., initialized but not yet
        finalized.  This provides the opportunity to sneak option
        values in programmatically, overriding or supplementing
        user-supplied values from the config files and command line.
        You'll have to re-finalize the command object (by calling
        'finalize_options()' or 'ensure_finalized()') before using it for
        real.

        'command' should be a command name (string) or command object.  If
        'reinit_subcommands' is true, also reinitializes the command's
        sub-commands, as declared by the 'sub_commands' class attribute (if
        it has one).  See the "install" command for an example.  Only
        reinitializes the sub-commands that actually matter, ie. those
        whose test predicates return true.

        Returns the reinitialized command object.
        """
        from distutils.cmd import Command

        if not isinstance(command, Command):
            command_name = command
            command = self.get_command_obj(command_name)
        else:
            command_name = command.get_command_name()

        if not command.finalized:
            return command
        command.initialize_options()
        command.finalized = 0
        self.have_run[command_name] = 0
        self._set_command_options(command)

        if reinit_subcommands:
            for sub in command.get_sub_commands():
                self.reinitialize_command(sub, reinit_subcommands)

        return command
Reinitializes a command to the state it was in when first
        returned by 'get_command_obj()': ie., initialized but not yet
        finalized.  This provides the opportunity to sneak option
        values in programmatically, overriding or supplementing
        user-supplied values from the config files and command line.
        You'll have to re-finalize the command object (by calling
        'finalize_options()' or 'ensure_finalized()') before using it for
        real.

        'command' should be a command name (string) or command object.  If
        'reinit_subcommands' is true, also reinitializes the command's
        sub-commands, as declared by the 'sub_commands' class attribute (if
        it has one).  See the "install" command for an example.  Only
        reinitializes the sub-commands that actually matter, ie. those
        whose test predicates return true.

        Returns the reinitialized command object.
        
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py