Add combineFlagAndOptionalValue

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ If you use `program.args` or more complicated tests to detect a missing subcomma
 
 If you use `.command('*')` to add a default command, you may be be able to switch to `isDefault:true` with a named command.
 
+If you want to continue combining short options with optional values as though they were boolean flags, set `combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false)`
+to expand `-fb` to `-f -b` rather than `-f b`.
+
 ## [5.0.0-4] (2020-03-03)
 
 (Released in 5.0.0)

index.js

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class Command extends EventEmitter {
     this._defaultCommandName = null;
     this._exitCallback = null;
     this._aliases = [];
+    this._combineFlagAndOptionalValue = true;
 
     this._hidden = false;
     this._helpFlags = '-h, --help';
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ class Command extends EventEmitter {
     cmd._exitCallback = this._exitCallback;
     cmd._storeOptionsAsProperties = this._storeOptionsAsProperties;
     cmd._passCommandToAction = this._passCommandToAction;
+    cmd._combineFlagAndOptionalValue = this._combineFlagAndOptionalValue;
 
     cmd._executableFile = opts.executableFile || null; // Custom name for executable file, set missing to null to match constructor
     this.commands.push(cmd);
@@ -636,6 +638,23 @@ Read more on https://git.io/JJc0W`);
     return this._optionEx({ mandatory: true }, flags, description, fn, defaultValue);
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Alter parsing of short flags with optional values.
+   *
+   * Examples:
+   *
+   *    // for `.option('-f,--flag [value]'):
+   *    .combineFlagAndOptionalValue(true)  // `-f80` is treated like `--flag=80`, this is the default behaviour
+   *    .combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false) // `-fb` is treated like `-f -b`
+   *
+   * @param {Boolean} [arg] - if `true` or omitted, an optional value can be specified directly after the flag.
+   * @api public
+   */
+  combineFlagAndOptionalValue(arg) {
+    this._combineFlagAndOptionalValue = (arg === undefined) || arg;
+    return this;
+  };
+
   /**
    * Allow unknown options on the command line.
    *
@@ -1109,7 +1128,7 @@ Read more on https://git.io/JJc0W`);
       if (arg.length > 2 && arg[0] === '-' && arg[1] !== '-') {
         const option = this._findOption(`-${arg[1]}`);
         if (option) {
-          if (option.required || option.optional) {
+          if (option.required || (option.optional && this._combineFlagAndOptionalValue)) {
             // option with value following in same argument
             this.emit(`option:${option.name()}`, arg.slice(2));
           } else {

tests/command.parseOptions.test.js

@@ -288,4 +288,25 @@ describe('Utility Conventions', () => {
     expect(result).toEqual({ operands: [], unknown: ['--rrr=value'] });
     expect(program.opts()).toEqual({ });
   });
+
+  test('when program has combo optional and combineFlagAndOptionalValue() then treat as value', () => {
+    const program = createProgram();
+    program.combineFlagAndOptionalValue();
+    program.parseOptions(['-db']);
+    expect(program.opts()).toEqual({ ddd: 'b' });
+  });
+
+  test('when program has combo optional and combineFlagAndOptionalValue(true) then treat as value', () => {
+    const program = createProgram();
+    program.combineFlagAndOptionalValue(true);
+    program.parseOptions(['-db']);
+    expect(program.opts()).toEqual({ ddd: 'b' });
+  });
+
+  test('when program has combo optional and combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false) then treat as boolean', () => {
+    const program = createProgram();
+    program.combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false);
+    program.parseOptions(['-db']);
+    expect(program.opts()).toEqual({ ddd: true, bbb: true });
+  });
 });

typings/commander-tests.ts

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ const storeOptionsAsPropertiesThis2: commander.Command = program.storeOptionsAsP
 const passCommandToActionThis1: commander.Command = program.passCommandToAction();
 const passCommandToActionThis2: commander.Command = program.passCommandToAction(false);
 
+// combineFlagAndOptionalValue
+const combineFlagAndOptionalValueThis1: commander.Command = program.combineFlagAndOptionalValue();
+const combineFlagAndOptionalValueThis2: commander.Command = program.combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false);
+
 // allowUnknownOption
 const allowUnknownOptionThis1: commander.Command = program.allowUnknownOption();
 const allowUnknownOptionThis2: commander.Command = program.allowUnknownOption(false);

typings/index.d.ts

@@ -201,6 +201,18 @@ declare namespace commander {
      */
     passCommandToAction(value?: boolean): this;
 
+    /**
+     * Alter parsing of short flags with optional values.
+     *
+     * @example
+     *    // for `.option('-f,--flag [value]'):
+     *   .combineFlagAndOptionalValue(true)  // `-f80` is treated like `--flag=80`, this is the default behaviour
+     *   .combineFlagAndOptionalValue(false) // `-fb` is treated like `-f -b`
+     *
+     * @returns `this` command for chaining
+     */
+    combineFlagAndOptionalValue(arg?: boolean): this;
+
     /**
      * Allow unknown options on the command line.
      *