Disable validation for a specific command

[mikeerickson]

I am looking for a way to disable option validation on a per command basis?

program
  .command("up")
  .action((env, options) => {
});

Then, when calling command, I dont want commander to throw error with invalid options

$ cli up -dl --flags --logs ...

When calling up I receive message

error: unknown option `-l'
error: unknown option `--flags'
...

[shadowspawn]

You can use allowUnknownOption() which does just what you want, but be warned there is not a convenient way to get the unrecognised options. See example and discussion in #802.

An alternative pattern which might make sense if the options are for another command is to use -- to stop the option processing (which effectively turns the following options into arguments). I use this pattern a bit, like when passing options to an npm run script which are intended for the script and not for npm.

e.g.

program
.command("up [args...]")
.action((args) => {
    console.log(args);
});

Called like:

$ cli up -- -dl --flags --logs ...

[shadowspawn]

Did you sort out your problem? (Can this issue be closed?)

[shadowspawn]

Question hopefully answered. No further questions. Closing.