clockworklabs / clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB

`spacetime --root-dir` does not work

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Description

Running spacetime with a custom --root-dir gives a cryptic error:

$ spacetime --root-dir ~/.local/bin
Error: a value is required for '--root-dir <root_dir>' but none was supplied

It does work if explicitly passed with =:

spacetime --root-dir=~/.local/bin

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Research direction

Start at the spacetime CLI entry point and locate the argument definition for --root-dir, then inspect how its value is parsed when supplied as a separate argument. Confirm the current behavior with the command shown in the issue; done means both --root-dir /.local/bin and --root-dir=/.local/bin accept the directory without the cryptic missing-value error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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