`dune build --passive-watch-mode` ignores its argument
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cli
enhancement
watch mode
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- OCaml
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Description
If we can't find a use for the argument, we should at least error when the user provides it
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Research direction
Start at the command-line handling for dune build --passive-watch-mode and trace how the argument is parsed. Check existing tests for dune build option handling, then make the behavior explicit when the argument is supplied and verify that the command reports an error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100