better error reporting for `cabal v2-run -- --opts`
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Description
When I run
```
cabal new-run
```
it (usually) picks a sensible target to run. But then I want to pass arguments, like
```
cabal new-run -- --help
```
and I get
```
$ cabal new-run -- --help
cabal: Unknown target '--help'.
There is no component '--help'.
The project has no package '--help'
```
I see how that can be justified if `--` means “treat the rest as non-option arguments”, but I find “pass the rest to the called function” more usefull.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported `cabal new-run -- --help` behavior and compare it with the intended `cabal v2-run -- --opts` syntax. Trace the command-line handling for `--` and verify that arguments after it reach the selected target instead of being treated as Cabal targets; done means the example no longer reports `Unknown target '--help'`.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100