fix(deps): update dependency commander to v9 - autoclosed

This MR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
commander	dependencies	major	7.2.0 -> 9.5.0

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Release Notes

tj/commander.js

v9.5.0

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Added

• .getOptionValueSourceWithGlobals() ([#​1832])
• showGlobalOptions for .configureHelp{} and Help ([#​1828])

v9.4.1

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Fixed

• .setOptionValue() now also clears option source ([#​1795])
• TypeScript: add implied to OptionValueSource for option values set by using .implies() ([#​1794])
• TypeScript : add undefined to return type of .getOptionValueSource() ([#​1794])

Changed

• additions to README

v9.4.0

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Added

• preSubcommand hook called before direct subcommands ([#​1763])

Fixed

• export InvalidOptionArgumentError in esm ([#​1756])

Changed

• update dependencies ([#​1767])

v9.3.0

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Added

• .summary() for a short summary to use instead of description when listing subcommands in help ([#​1726])
• Option.implies() to set other option values when the option is specified ([#​1724])
• updated Chinese README with 9.x changes ([#​1727])

Fixed

• TypeScript: add string[] to .options() default value parameter type for use with variadic options ([#​1721])

Deprecated

• multi-character short option flag (e.g. -ws) ([#​1718])

v9.2.0

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Added

• conditional export of 'types' for upcoming TypeScript module resolution ([#​1703])
• example file showing two ways to add global options to subcommands ([#​1708])

Fixed

• detect option conflicts in parent commands of called subcommand ([#​1710])

Changed

• replace deprecated String.prototype.substr ([#​1706])

v9.1.0

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Added

• Option .conflicts() to set conflicting options which can not be specified together ([#​1678])
• (developer) CodeQL configuration for GitHub Actions ([#​1698])

v9.0.0

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Added

• simpler ECMAScript import ([#​1589])
• Option.preset() allows specifying value/arg for option when used without option-argument (especially optional, but also boolean option) ([#​1652])
• .executableDir() for custom search for subcommands ([#​1571])
• throw with helpful message if pass Option to .option() or .requiredOption() ([#​1655])
• .error() for generating errors from client code just like Commander generated errors, with support for .configureOutput(), .exitOverride(), and .showHelpAfterError() ([#​1675])
• .optsWithGlobals() to return merged local and global options ([#​1671])

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 9 requires Node.js v12.20.0 or higher
• update package-lock.json to lockfile@2 format ([#​1659])
• showSuggestionAfterError is now on by default ([#​1657])
• Breaking: default value specified for boolean option now always used as default value (see .preset() to match some previous behaviours) ([#​1652])
• default value for boolean option only shown in help if true/false ([#​1652])
• use command name as prefix for subcommand stand-alone executable name (with fallback to script name for backwards compatibility) ([#​1571])
• allow absolute path with executableFile ([#​1571])
• removed restriction that nested subcommands must specify executableFile ([#​1571])
• TypeScript: allow passing readonly string array to .choices() ([#​1667])
• TypeScript: allow passing readonly string array to .parse(), .parseAsync(), .aliases() ([#​1669])

Fixed

• option with optional argument not supplied on command line now works when option already has a value, whether from default value or from previous arguments ([#​1652])

Removed

• Breaking: removed internal fallback to require.main.filename when script not known from arguments passed to .parse() (can supply details using .name(), and .executableDir() or executableFile) ([#​1571])

v8.3.0

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Added

• .getOptionValueSource() and .setOptionValueWithSource(), where expected values for source are one of 'default', 'env', 'config', 'cli' ([#​1613])

Deprecated

• .command('*'), use default command instead ([#​1612])
• on('command:*'), use .showSuggestionAfterError() instead ([#​1612])

v8.2.0

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Added

• .showSuggestionAfterError() to show suggestions after unknown command or unknown option ([#​1590])
• add Option support for values from environment variables using .env() ([#​1587])

Changed

• show error for unknown global option before subcommand (rather than just help) ([#​1590])

Removed

• TypeScript declaration of unimplemented Option method argumentRejected

v8.1.0

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Added

• .copyInheritedSettings() ([#​1557])
• update Chinese translations of documentation for Commander v8 ([#​1570])
• Argument methods for .argRequired() and .argOptional() ([#​1567])

v8.0.0

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Added

• .argument(name, description) for adding command-arguments ([#​1490])
  • supports default value for optional command-arguments ([#​1508])
  • supports custom processing function ([#​1508])
• .createArgument() factory method ([#​1497])
• .addArgument() ([#​1490])
• Argument supports .choices() ([#​1525])
• .showHelpAfterError() to display full help or a custom message after an error ([#​1534])
• .hook() with support for 'preAction' and 'postAction' callbacks ([#​1514])
• client typing of .opts() return type using TypeScript generics ([#​1539])
• the number of command-arguments is checked for programs without an action handler ([#​1502])
• .getOptionValue() and .setOptionValue() ([#​1521])

Changed

• refactor and simplify TypeScript declarations (with no default export) ([#​1520])
• .parseAsync() is now declared as async ([#​1513])
• Breaking: Help method .visibleArguments() returns array of Argument ([#​1490])
• Breaking: Commander 8 requires Node.js 12 or higher ([#​1500])
• Breaking: CommanderError code commander.invalidOptionArgument renamed commander.invalidArgument ([#​1508])
• Breaking: TypeScript declaration for .addTextHelp() callback no longer allows result of undefined, now just string ([#​1516])
• refactor index.tab into a file per class ([#​1522])
• remove help suggestion from "unknown command" error message (see .showHelpAfteError()) ([#​1534])
• Command property .arg initialised to empty array (was previously undefined) ([#​1529])
• update dependencies

Deprecated

• second parameter of cmd.description(desc, argDescriptions) for adding argument descriptions ([#​1490])
  • (use new .argument(name, description) instead)
• InvalidOptionArgumentError (replaced by InvalidArgumentError) ([#​1508])

Removed

• Breaking: TypeScript declaration for default export of global Command object ([#​1520])
  • (still available as named program export)

Migration Tips

If you have a simple program without an action handler, you will now get an error if there are missing command-arguments.

program
  .option('-d, --debug')
  .arguments('<file>');
program.parse();

$ node trivial.js 
error: missing required argument 'file'

If you want to show the help in this situation, you could check the arguments before parsing:

if (process.argv.length === 2)
  program.help();
program.parse();

Or, you might choose to show the help after any user error:

program.showHelpAfterError();

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