Webpack-cli: [ENHANCEMENT]: Prettify err in case the supplied flag(s) is/are unknown

Created on 18 Aug 2019 · 12Comments · Source: webpack/webpack-cli

Describe the bug
Presently thrown err are simply logged in case of unknown flag, maybe we can present it nicely and show a message to use help flag for proper usage

What is the current behavior?
Stacktrace is printed in case of unknown flag.

To Reproduce
Invoke cli with an unknown flag

Expected behavior
concise message of supplying an unknown flag should be displayed. something like -

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Additional context
Looking for feedback on this before starting work.

enhancement

Source

anshumanv

Most helpful comment

baller af

evenstensberg on 18 Aug 2019

🚀1 ❤1 😄1

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@evenstensberg @ematipico @rishabh3112 thoughts are appreciated. 😄

anshumanv on 18 Aug 2019

Yep we definitely need to do this

evenstensberg on 18 Aug 2019

On it then!

anshumanv on 18 Aug 2019

baller af

evenstensberg on 18 Aug 2019

🚀1 ❤1 😄1

➜  webpack-cli git:(next) webpack-cli --init
⬢ webpack: Unknown argument: --init

 Compilation Results

 Version: 5.0.0-beta.12
 Built: Thu Jan 23 2020 21:39:54 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
 Compile Time: 186ms
 Output Directory: /home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/dist

┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┐
│ Bundle emitted     │ Bundle name                                 │ Bundle size   │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤
│ failed             │ main.js                                     │ 0.00 kb       │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┘

⬢ webpack: configuration
The 'mode' option has not been set, webpack will fallback to 'production' for this value. Set 'mode' option to 'development' or 'production' to enable defaults for each environment.
You can also set it to 'none' to disable any default behavior. Learn more: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/mode/

⬢ webpack: NoModeWarning: configuration
The 'mode' option has not been set, webpack will fallback to 'production' for this value. Set 'mode' option to 'development' or 'production' to enable defaults for each environment.
You can also set it to 'none' to disable any default behavior. Learn more: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/mode/
    at /home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/WarnNoModeSetPlugin.js:20:30
    at Hook.eval [as call] (eval at create (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:19:10), <anonymous>:13:1)
    at Hook.CALL_DELEGATE [as _call] (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:14:14)
    at Compiler.newCompilation (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:857:30)
    at /home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:898:29
    at Hook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at Hook.CALL_ASYNC_DELEGATE [as _callAsync] (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:18:14)
    at Compiler.compile (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:893:28)
    at /home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:424:12
    at Compiler.readRecords (/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:736:11)


⬢ webpack: Module not found: Error: Can't resolve './src' in '/home/james-the-hacker/CodeSpace/GitHub-Projects/webpack-cli'