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feat(config): New command line arguments parser - #130
New command line arguments parser, to replace ArgParser and ArgResults of the args package. Implemented from scratch to enable full control of the command line parsing, prepare for flexible commands and options definitions, flexible usage text implementations, and much improved command line completion support, which will be provided in upcoming PRs.
This change is backwards compatible, and prerequisite for an upcoming replacement of CommandRunner and Command of the args package.
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The config package adds argument scanning, option parsing, and command-tree parsing. Configuration resolution now accepts parsed arguments and reports parser errors. Option-definition validation adds checks for duplicate names, aliases, abbreviations, and negatable flag names. Workspace SDK and CI settings move to Dart 3.9, and the Melos constraint changes to version 7.
Changes: Argument Parsing and Workspace Updates
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Scanner and command parser packages/config/lib/src/config/arg_parser/*, packages/config/test/config/arg_parser/*
Adds argument-token scanning, command definitions, option and command parsing, persistent-option handling, pass-through parsing, definition validation, and parser tests.
Updates Dart constraints and CI matrices, raises the Melos constraint, adds characters to config, and removes melos.yaml. Other supplied changes reformat existing examples, implementation code, and tests without reported behavior changes.
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participant Arguments
participant scanArgs
participant scanAndParseCommands
participant ConfigurationResolve
Arguments->>scanArgs: raw arguments
scanArgs->>scanAndParseCommands: scanned tokens
scanAndParseCommands->>ConfigurationResolve: parsed arguments and errors
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serverpod/cli_tools#131: Raises the Dart SDK minimum and updates CI toolchain versions, which overlap with this PR's workspace changes.
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The new parser still has open compatibility gaps. The typed-subcommand cast, the -- and - handling in Configuration.resolve(args:), attached short-option values like -ofile, and no- flag names can all fail where the previous args-based behavior worked. Resolve or explicitly accept these before merging.
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Review comments at @packages/config/lib/src/config/arg_parser_facade.dart:
- Around line 44-49: Update newParsedArgs to call scanAndParseArgs with a
ScanMode that passes through the remaining arguments after `--`, so the
terminator and following values are not reported as parse errors. Keep bare `-`
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- Around line 417-422: Remove the CommandDefinition<O> cast from the subcommand
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New command line arguments parser, to replace ArgParser and ArgResults of the args package. Implemented from scratch to enable full control of the command line parsing, prepare for flexible commands and options definitions, flexible usage text implementations, and much improved command line completion support.
The documented defaults for builtinPersistentOptions and canRunAsLeafCommand are not available to implementers.
CommandDefinition is an abstract interface class. Code outside this library can only implements it and cannot extends it. Every external implementer must therefore override builtinPersistentOptions and canRunAsLeafCommand. The => const [] and => false bodies are never inherited.
The doc on Line 32 says "Default is false", but no implementer can use that default. TestCommand and _EnumCommand both redeclare these members for this reason. Do one of the following:
Change the declaration to abstract class or abstract base class, so that implementers can extend it and inherit the defaults.
Remove the bodies and the "Default is false" wording.
♻️ Option A: allow inheriting the defaults
-abstract interface class CommandDefinition<O extends OptionDefinition> {+abstract class CommandDefinition<O extends OptionDefinition> {
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Update the CommandDefinition declaration so implementations can inherit its
builtinPersistentOptions and canRunAsLeafCommand defaults, while preserving the
documented false default; alternatively, remove those bodies and the default
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Some tests in this file put two expect calls for different outcomes in one test. If the first expect fails, the second outcome is not reported. Affected tests:
The repeated --verbose test: the root error and the selected mid subcommand.
The -f before mid test: the root error and the selected mid subcommand.
The --version option value test: the option value and the absent child.
The -qv cluster test: the root error and the selected version command.
The guideline asks for one test per expected outcome, with few expect calls for the same outcome. Split these tests into a when … group with a shared setUp, and one then … test per outcome.
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Split the repeated-root-flag test and the affected `-f` before `mid`,
`--version` option-value, and `-qv` cluster tests into `when …` groups with
shared `setUp` logic and a separate `then …` test for each independent outcome.
Keep each test focused on one outcome: the error or option value, and the
selected or absent child command.
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Review comments at @packages/config/lib/src/config/arg_parser/parser.dart:
- Around line 168-184: Update _readOptionValue and its short-option parsing flow
to preserve the remaining cluster tail as the selected option’s value, including
when the tail has no attached `=`. Ensure the configuration path parses `-flip`
as `file=lip` rather than skipping the continuation tokens.
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@packages/config/lib/src/config/arg_parser/command_definition.dart:
- Around line 25-35: Update the CommandDefinition declaration so implementations
can inherit its builtinPersistentOptions and canRunAsLeafCommand defaults, while
preserving the documented false default; alternatively, remove those bodies and
the default wording if inheritance is not intended. Check existing implementers
and API constraints before choosing the approach.
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- Around line 271-279: Split the repeated-root-flag test and the affected `-f`
before `mid`, `--version` option-value, and `-qv` cluster tests into `when …`
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
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The scanner splits -ofile into short-option tokens. _readOptionValue skips the continuation tokens because they are not a WordArg. This drops file and records Missing value for option: -o.
The configuration path sends its arguments through this parser. The existing compatibility behavior requires -flip to produce file=lip.
When the selected short option takes a value, read the remaining cluster tail as that value.
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Review comment at @packages/config/lib/src/config/arg_parser/parser.dart around
lines 168 - 184:
Update _readOptionValue and its short-option parsing flow to preserve the
remaining cluster tail as the selected option’s value, including when the tail
has no attached `=`. Ensure the configuration path parses `-flip` as `file=lip`
rather than skipping the continuation tokens.
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ConfigParser (the drop-in replacement for args package ArgParser) is updated to work together with the new parser implementation, using the new parser facade.
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Review comments at @packages/config/lib/src/config/options.dart:
- Around line 609-620: Update Option.validateDefinition so negatable flags with
names starting with “no-” remain accepted, preserving ConfigParser.addFlag
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New command line arguments parser, to replace ArgParser and ArgResults of the args package. Implemented from scratch to enable full control of the command line parsing, prepare for flexible commands and options definitions, flexible usage text implementations, and much improved command line completion support, which will be provided in upcoming PRs.
This change is backwards compatible, and prerequisite for an upcoming replacement of CommandRunner and Command of the args package.
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