Command.Context() returns nil instead of context.Background()

[katexochen]

Documentation of the Context() function states a context.Background() is returned, but the returned value is nil.

Context returns underlying command context. If command wasn't executed with ExecuteContext Context returns Background context.

cmd := &cobra.Command{}
fmt.Printf("context is %v", cmd.Context()) // returns "context is <nil>"

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It would be really nice if this could return a context.Background(), so functions that take a Command as parameter and use the context from that command could be tested. There is also no possibility to set this context manually right now.

[marckhouzam]

For info, setting the context manually has just been added in #1551