Create-react-app: unknown option: --typescript if --typescript is before project name

[ar1a]

Is this a bug report?

Yes!

Environment

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: Linux 5.0 NixOS 19.09pre173166.373488e6f4c (Loris) 19.09pre173166.373488e6f4c (Loris)
    CPU: (16) x64 AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
  Binaries:
    Node: 8.15.1 - ~/.nix-profile/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.15.2 - ~/.nix-profile/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.4.1 - ~/.nix-profile/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: Not Found
    Firefox: Not Found
  npmPackages:
    react: Not Found
    react-dom: Not Found
    react-scripts: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: 3.0.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. run create-react-app --typescript foo, observe that it throws error: unknown option--typescript'`
2. run create-react-app foo --typescript, observe that it creates the project successfully

Expected Behavior

The project would be created successfully

Actual Behavior

The command threw an error, saying --typescript is an unknown option

[pheromonez]

The documented usage indicates that the project directory must be specified first. From npx create-react-app --help:
Usage: create-react-app <project-directory> [options]

Although, we aren't required to supply a project directory for the version and help commands. The error you're experiencing appears to be the intended behaviour.

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[jumattos]

I understand this is "expected behavior" but it's a bad user experience nonetheless.