lukeed / lukeed/mri

parsing of strings containing flag notation

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Description

```js
#!/usr/bin/env node
const mri = require('mri')
console.log(process.argv)
console.log(mri(process.argv.slice(2)))
```

```shell
./args.js -a -b '-c foo'
```

```js
[
'/usr/local/Cellar/node/16.0.0_1/bin/node',
'/Users/j/web/pev2-cli/foo.js',
'-a',
'-b',
'-c foo'
]
{
_: [],
a: true,
b: true,
c: true,
' ': true,
f: true,
o: [ true, true ]
}
```

Is that intended?

I would have expected this:

```js
{
_: ['-c foo'],
a: true,
b: true
}
```

Or maybe this (but I find the result above much more intuitive):

```js
{
_: [],
a: true,
b: true,
c: 'foo'
}
```

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Research direction

Reproduce the reported case with the mri entry point and the shown process.argv.slice(2) arguments. Inspect how grouped flags and quoted values are parsed, then confirm the intended result with the project maintainers before defining tests or a completion criterion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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