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swa deploy exits 0 without uploading files — StaticSitesClient receives unrecognized --environment flag
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Description
## Describe the bug
`swa deploy ./dist --deployment-token --env default` reports "Preparing deployment. Please wait..." then exits with code 0 - but **no files are uploaded** to the Static Web App.
## Root cause (from investigation)
The SWA CLI passes `--environment` to the underlying StaticSitesClient binary, but that binary only recognizes `--environmentName`. When StaticSitesClient receives the unrecognized flag, it prints its help text to stderr and exits 0, which the CLI interprets as success.
Evidence from running StaticSitesClient directly:
```
StaticSitesClient --app dist --apiToken --environment default --skipAppBuild true
ERROR(S):
Option 'environment' is unknown.
```
Exit code: **0** (not 1), so the CLI's `if (exitCode !== 0)` check passes.
## To Reproduce
1. Have a built static site in `./dist`
2. Run: `swa deploy ./dist --deployment-token --env default`
3. Observe output stops at "Preparing deployment. Please wait..."
4. No "Deployment Complete" message, no upload progress
5. Exit code is 0
6. Verify on Azure Portal or via curl that old files are still being served
## Expected behavior
- Either pass the correct `--environmentName` flag to StaticSitesClient
- Or detect the silent failure (no "Deployment Complete" in StaticSitesClient output) and report an error
## Workaround
Call StaticSitesClient directly with the correct flags:
```bash
StaticSitesClient --deploymentaction upload \
--app "dist" \
--appArtifactLocation "." \
--apiToken \
--skipAppBuild true \
--skipApiBuild true \
--deploymentProvider Custom
```
## Environment
- SWA CLI version: 2.0.8
- Node.js: v24.12.0 (also reproduced with v20.11.0)
- OS: Windows 11
- StaticSitesClient version: 1.0.0+689a6c1fe8fc32f40348cc41223a7e9d83dd43d2
## Related issues
- #783 (CLI doesn't produce a failure exit code in case of failure)
- #914 (SWA obscures underlying errors reported by StaticSitesClient)
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