def add_common_arguments(parser):
    """Populate the given argparse.ArgumentParser with arguments.

    This function can be used to make the definition these argparse arguments
    reusable in other modules and avoid the duplication of these definitions
    among the executable scripts.

    The following arguments are added to the parser:

    - **...** (...): ...

    Parameters
    ----------
    parser : argparse.ArgumentParser
        The parser to populate.

    Returns
    -------
    argparse.ArgumentParser
        Return the populated ArgumentParser object.
    """
    return parser
