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node flag parsing strategy is backwards #4417

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boneskull opened this issue Aug 25, 2020 · 3 comments · Fixed by #4418
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node flag parsing strategy is backwards #4417

boneskull opened this issue Aug 25, 2020 · 3 comments · Fixed by #4418
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nodejs/node#34637 introduces a -u flag for node, which conflicts with Mocha's -u/--ui flag. I had expected Mocha would prefer its own options over node's where there was a conflict, but this is not the case--instead, Mocha explicitly whitelists -r/--require, which was previously the only known command-line flag shared between mocha and node.

To fix this, Mocha needs to change its strategy to detect its own options first, then attempt to detect if something is a node option. Currently, Mocha checks for node options first.

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cc @BethGriggs

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This does mean that if someone wants to use custom conditions w/ mocha, they need to use --conditions, not -u.

boneskull added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 25, 2020
- no more `require` special-case
- future-proofs `mocha` against the introduction of conflicting flags in `node`
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Fix is in #4418

boneskull added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 25, 2020
- no more `require` special-case
- future-proofs `mocha` against the introduction of conflicting flags in `node`
MylesBorins pushed a commit to nodejs/node that referenced this issue Aug 26, 2020
Old versions of mocha break after #34637.

This was a bug in mocha, but since this is a widely used module
we can expect ecosystem breakage until modules are updated to
the latest version of mocha. Drop the conflicting `-u` alias --
we can potentially bring it back once modules have been updated.

PR-URL: #34935
Refs: mochajs/mocha#4417
Refs: #34637
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Jan Krems <jan.krems@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit to nodejs/node that referenced this issue Aug 26, 2020
Old versions of mocha break after #34637.

This was a bug in mocha, but since this is a widely used module
we can expect ecosystem breakage until modules are updated to
the latest version of mocha. Drop the conflicting `-u` alias --
we can potentially bring it back once modules have been updated.

PR-URL: #34935
Refs: mochajs/mocha#4417
Refs: #34637
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Jan Krems <jan.krems@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
guybedford pushed a commit to guybedford/node that referenced this issue Sep 28, 2020
Old versions of mocha break after nodejs#34637.

This was a bug in mocha, but since this is a widely used module
we can expect ecosystem breakage until modules are updated to
the latest version of mocha. Drop the conflicting `-u` alias --
we can potentially bring it back once modules have been updated.

PR-URL: nodejs#34935
Refs: mochajs/mocha#4417
Refs: nodejs#34637
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Jan Krems <jan.krems@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
codebytere pushed a commit to nodejs/node that referenced this issue Oct 1, 2020
Old versions of mocha break after #34637.

This was a bug in mocha, but since this is a widely used module
we can expect ecosystem breakage until modules are updated to
the latest version of mocha. Drop the conflicting `-u` alias --
we can potentially bring it back once modules have been updated.

PR-URL: #34935
Backport-PR-URL: #35385
Refs: mochajs/mocha#4417
Refs: #34637
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Jan Krems <jan.krems@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <Bethany.Griggs@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
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