Allow short argument names when using double dashed args
- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
### Background
Currently one-letter arguments are only supported with single-dashed arguments. e.g.
This works:
```powershell
dotnet cake -a=5
```
Whereas this does not work (error: `Invalid long option name`)
```powershell
dotnet cake --a=5
```
### Proposal
This issue intends to make the necessary updates to allow short argument names when using double-dashed arguments.
### Important
Cake uses [Spectre.Console](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console) for parsing arguments, so there's a little bit of investigation needed to see if the fix can (and should) be done directly in Cake, of if it should be fixed [upstream](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console). If you discover that the fix doesn't belong in Cake, you'd need to send a PR to Spectre.Console and the fix in Cake would be just upgrading to a newer version of [Spectre.Console](https://github.com/spectreconsole/spectre.console).
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Related:
- [Feature Request: CLI Help Improvements](https://github.com/cake-build/cake/issues/2331)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the documented `dotnet cake --a=5` failure and inspect Cake's integration with Spectre.Console argument parsing. Determine whether the change belongs in Cake or upstream; done means the double-dashed one-letter argument is accepted and the appropriate project has the needed update.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100