Fix bun init, bun info, bun upgrade and bun pm trust when runtime flags or BUN_OPTIONS precede the subcommand - #39379
Fix bun init, bun info, bun upgrade and bun pm trust when runtime flags or BUN_OPTIONS precede the subcommand#39379robobun wants to merge 2 commits into
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WalkthroughChangesThe CLI now tracks the argument index after the dispatched subcommand. BUN_OPTIONS positional parsing
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In `@test/cli/install/bunx.test.ts`:
- Around line 1410-1415: Extend the bunx injection tests around childEnv to
cover BUN_OPTIONS containing a value-taking option followed by its non-flag
value, for both the add and exec flows. Assert that the injected option and
value are preserved and handled correctly, while retaining the existing
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LGTM — the one-line offset fix is correct and mirrors the existing boot_standalone compensation; bun_options_argc() returns 0 when BUN_OPTIONS is unset so the common path is unchanged. The inline note about sibling skip(2) sites is pre-existing and non-blocking for this urgent fork-bomb fix.
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Overview
One-line runtime change in src/runtime/cli/mod.rs: the bunx escape-hatch check in which() now reads argv.get(1 + bun::bun_options_argc()) instead of argv.get(1), so the BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL child correctly finds its add/exec positional after the BUN_OPTIONS tokens that argv_view_init splices in at argv[1]. A regression test in test/cli/install/bunx.test.ts covers both 1- and 2-token BUN_OPTIONS values, with decoy add/exec binaries on PATH so a future regression fails as a bounded wrong-output assertion rather than a fork bomb in CI.
Security risks
None. This is argv-index arithmetic in CLI dispatch; no auth, crypto, or untrusted-input parsing is touched. The escape hatch is already gated on BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL=true, which is unchanged.
Level of scrutiny
Medium — CLI dispatch is on every invocation, but the change is a single arithmetic offset. bun_options_argc() (src/bun_core/util.rs:3928) forces argv init and returns 0 when BUN_OPTIONS is unset, so argv.get(1 + 0) is identical to the old argv.get(1) for the vastly dominant case. The compensation pattern is already established at boot_standalone (mod.rs:1359-1371) and node_process.rs:277, so this is applying a known-correct idiom to a site that was missed.
Other factors
- The test follows harness conventions:
await usingfor the subprocess, concurrent pipe drain viaPromise.all, asserts stdout before exit code, spreadsbunEnv, usestmpdirSync, and covers both platforms. - The CodeRabbit note about a value-taking option was addressed in df68fad by adding the two-token
--smol --silentcase; the comment-cop note about comment length was addressed in 6dc9a97. - The one inline finding (sibling
skip(2)sites inexec_init/bun_info/upgrade_command) is pre-existing, none of them fork-bomb, and REVIEW.md's fix-the-whole-class rule is satisfied by naming them for a follow-up — reasonable given #39377's severity (users' machines freezing).
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LGTM — the sibling argv-index sites I flagged earlier (init, info, upgrade) are now fixed in dd0a44e with a regression test each, and the primary bunx escape-hatch fix is unchanged.
What was reviewed:
- Verified all four
+ bun_options_argc()offsets:which()uses.get()(bounds-safe),exec_initclamps with.min(argv.len()),bun_info/upgradeuse.skip()(saturating). - Checked the
exec_install_completionsexclusion — it scans-any for--helprather than positional-indexing, so injected tokens can't flip its result. - bunx test bounds the failure mode via decoy
add/execon PATH so a regression asserts wrong-output instead of fork-bombing CI; init/info/upgrade tests follow their files' existing conventions.
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Overview
Four one-line offset adjustments in CLI argv indexing (src/runtime/cli/mod.rs ×3, src/runtime/cli/upgrade_command.rs ×1), each adding bun_options_argc() to a hardcoded argv index so that BUN_OPTIONS-injected tokens don't shift the positional the code is looking for. Four new regression tests, one per site, added to the existing test files for each command.
The primary fix (bunx escape hatch in which()) resolves a fork bomb reported in #39377. In my prior review I noted three sibling sites sharing the same hardcoded-index pattern; the author applied the identical compensation to all three in dd0a44e with tests, and explained why exec_install_completions was intentionally left alone (it scans for a match rather than indexing a position, so extra leading tokens don't change its result — I verified this holds).
Security risks
None. This is CLI argv dispatch — the only input is the process's own argv plus BUN_OPTIONS (already parsed by argv_view_init). No new untrusted-input surfaces, no auth/crypto/permissions code touched. The bunx test's decoy executables are written into a fresh tmpdirSync() and prepended to PATH only for the spawned child.
Level of scrutiny
Medium. The change is mechanical (the same one-token arithmetic applied at four sites, mirroring the pattern boot_standalone already uses), but it sits in the process-startup dispatch path that every bun invocation walks. I checked each site for bounds safety: .get(1 + n) returns Option, .min(argv.len()) clamps the slice start, and .skip(n) on an iterator saturates — none can panic on short argv. bun_options_argc() returns usize and is 0 when BUN_OPTIONS is unset, so the no-BUN_OPTIONS behavior is byte-identical to before.
Other factors
- All prior review threads (coderabbit's multi-token suggestion, comment-cop's comment-length nags, my sibling-sites note) are resolved and reflected in the current diff.
- The bunx test loops over one- and two-token
BUN_OPTIONSvalues so a fixed-offset regression would still fail. The decoy-on-PATH design keeps a future regression from fork-bombing CI. - The init/info/upgrade tests follow their neighboring tests' conventions (init runs a real install like every other test in that file; info hits the public registry like its siblings; upgrade uses the local
startReleaseServerhelper with a garbage archive so validation is exercised but the binary is never replaced). None introduce new network dependencies the file didn't already have.
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Author of #39377/#39383 here. The core hatch fix is line-identical to #39383 (it's the issue's suggested fix), which I verified end-to-end on a Windows debug build: live repro healed (exit 0, zero process accumulation vs 0→57 procs/4 s unfixed), regression test fails (exit 23) unfixed / passes fixed. Two review data points for this PR:
Merge order is the maintainers' call: #39383 carries the narrow, Windows-verified fix + regression test; this PR adds the sibling-surface sweep — happy to rebase either around the other. |
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Thanks for the audit and the Windows verification, both are useful data points. The hatch change here is your suggested fix from the issue, so I added a co-author credit for it (c5b00c3). Your survey matches what I found when extending the sweep: the remaining argv.get(1)/skip(2) consumers either flag-skip or scan rather than positionally index, which is why only init, info, and upgrade needed the same compensation (the upgrade one is #21777). Agreed the exec arm of the hatch is belt-and-suspenders today; it costs nothing to keep it correct. Merge order is the maintainers' call, no preference here. |
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In `@test/cli/install/bun-upgrade.test.ts`:
- Around line 279-283: Strengthen the upgrade test around the process created by
the relevant install/upgrade flow: assert that stderr lacks the package-name
error, stdout or the release response contains the expected bun-v9.9.9 signal,
and await proc.exited to assert the expected nonzero exit status. Keep these
assertions tied to the same child process so the test verifies validation
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LGTM — the --stable fix to the upgrade test and the positive v9.9.9/nonzero-exit assertions address my earlier findings; the remaining direct-CLI leading-flag case is pre-existing and documented as a follow-up in the PR description.
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Overview
Four one-line production changes, each adding + bun_options_argc() to a hardcoded argv offset: the bunx add/exec escape hatch in which() (src/runtime/cli/mod.rs:918), exec_init() (mod.rs:1510), bun_info() (mod.rs:1953), and UpgradeCommand::exec (upgrade_command.rs:513). Each site gets a regression test in the corresponding existing test file. The compensation pattern already exists at boot_standalone in the same file.
Since my last review
Two commits landed after my prior comments: 3811ce8 adds --stable to the upgrade test so canary builds route through the mock GITHUB_API_DOMAIN server instead of downloading from github.com (my 🔴 finding), and a1e9f94 adds positive assertions (err contains v9.9.9, nonzero exit) proving the run reached the release flow rather than short-circuiting elsewhere. I re-traced the fixed test with BUN_OPTIONS="--smol" + [execPath, "upgrade", "--stable"]: unfixed skip(2) yields ["upgrade", "--stable"] and "upgrade" still trips the guard, so the test still catches the regression; fixed skip(3) yields ["--stable"] which passes the contains("--") check and proceeds to the mock server. My 🟡 note (direct-CLI bun --smol init still misparses because bun_options_argc() is 0 for typed flags) was acknowledged as pre-existing and scoped out in the PR description as a dispatcher-refactor follow-up, which is reasonable — this PR strictly improves on the prior state.
Security risks
None introduced. The fix closes a local fork-bomb DoS (unbounded recursive re-exec). The bunx test's decoy add/exec executables on PATH are a nice safeguard: if the dispatch ever regresses, CI sees a bounded wrong-output assertion failure rather than a runaway process tree.
Level of scrutiny
Medium. which() is on every invocation's dispatch path, but the change is confined to the is_bun_x(argv0) branch's escape-hatch check (only reached when argv0 ends in bunx AND BUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALL=true), so the blast radius for the headline fix is narrow. The three sibling fixes are in cold command bodies. The offset arithmetic is straightforward and the two-token BUN_OPTIONS variant in the bunx test guards against a hardcoded-skip regression.
Other factors
The issue author independently verified the identical hatch fix end-to-end on a Windows debug build (0→57 procs/4s unfixed → clean exit fixed) and audited the remaining raw-argv consumers in src/runtime/cli/ as degrading gracefully. All review threads (comment-cop, CodeRabbit, my prior findings) are resolved. No CODEOWNERS on these paths.
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Rescoped this PR so it no longer overlaps with #39383.
The two PRs touch different hunks of mod.rs and different test files, so they merge in either order. Title and description updated to match. |
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In `@src/runtime/cli/mod.rs`:
- Around line 819-831: Update the bunx branch in which() to inspect the internal
add/exec escape-hatch argument at the BUN_OPTIONS-adjusted index, using
bun_options_argc() rather than argv[1], before returning. Add a regression test
covering bunx with BUN_OPTIONS set and verifying it dispatches the internal
command without re-entering the bunx install flow.
In `@test/cli/init/init.test.ts`:
- Line 89: Remove the explicit 30-second timeout from the local bun init -y
test, allowing it to use the suite’s default test timeout and preserving the
existing test behavior.
In `@test/cli/install/bun-info.test.ts`:
- Around line 55-64: Update the `bun info is-number` regression setup around
`setupTest()` and `spawn` to configure a local registry for package resolution.
Ensure the spawned process receives the registry configuration through its
environment, while preserving the existing command, working directory, and
output handling.
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Beyond the inline finding: the command_args_start() refactor (new in 70bea2e) now records which()'s actual matched-subcommand position, so init/info/upgrade handle both BUN_OPTIONS and directly-typed leading flags — this closes my earlier note about bun --smol init, and the new test.each cases cover both variants. The upgrade test's --stable + v9.9.9/nonzero-exit assertions are also in place, closing my earlier hermeticity concern on that test.
Extended reasoning...
The squash to 70bea2e replaced the per-site 2 + bun_options_argc() offsets with a COMMAND_ARGS_START atomic set by which()'s flag-skip loop — a strict improvement for the three sibling commands, since it captures the subcommand's actual argv position regardless of whether leading tokens came from BUN_OPTIONS or the CLI. However, the is_bun_x(argv0) escape hatch returns before that loop runs and still hardcodes argv.get(1), and bunx.test.ts is absent from the diff — so the PR's headline fix and its regression test were dropped in the refactor. The inline comment covers that; this note just records that the init/info/upgrade portion and the upgrade-test hermeticity fix from my prior reviews check out on this revision.
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bun init, bun info and bun upgrade when runtime flags or BUN_OPTIONS precede the subcommandbun init, bun info, bun upgrade and bun pm trust when runtime flags or BUN_OPTIONS precede the subcommand
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…dispatched subcommand which() skips the runtime flags that precede the subcommand keyword, both flags typed on the command line and the tokens BUN_OPTIONS splices in after argv[0], but init, upgrade and pm trust then read their arguments from a fixed argv offset that assumes the keyword is argv[1], and info scanned raw argv from the same offset. With anything in front of the keyword, the shifted keyword itself was taken as an argument: bun init created ./init/, bun info looked up a package named "info", bun upgrade rejected "upgrade" as a package name, and bun pm trust tried to trust a package named "trust". Record the keyword's index in which() (SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEX) and have init and upgrade start after it. info and pm trust already run a clap parse that collects the positionals after the keyword, so read those instead of argv.
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CI note for reviewers: the red binary-size check is baseline lag, not this diff. The check compares against canary main #99935, and main has grown ~600 KB since that build (WebKit bumps). The deltas here are byte-identical across two different branch bases (one pre-bump, one on current main), and this diff adds a single usize static plus index arithmetic. The check should clear once a newer canary main build becomes the baseline. The remaining failures are retried/flaky tests on lanes this diff does not touch (child_process IPC handle delivery, init react-template install timeouts, install flakes); the IPC one has been reported for main-break triage. |
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LGTM — the pipe-drain nit from my last pass is addressed in the current diff (all three spawns in the new bun-pm.test.ts test now drain stdout/stderr concurrently and assert stderr before the exit code).
What was reviewed:
SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEXwrite/read ordering inwhich()— early-return paths (bunx/node/AutoCommand/-e) either don't reach the readers or leave the default of 1, which is correct.TrustCommand::execpositionals invariant — confirmedget_subcommandreslicespm.options.positionalsto["trust", …names], matching the siblingpm view/version/why/pkgpattern inpackage_manager_command.rs.bun_infofallthrough matchrest => restcovers positionals not starting with"info";packages_to_trusttype change fromVec<&[u8]>to&[&[u8]]is a drop-in at all use sites.
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Overview
The PR fixes four CLI subcommands (bun init, bun info, bun upgrade, bun pm trust) that misread their arguments when a runtime flag precedes the subcommand keyword — either typed (bun --bun upgrade) or spliced in via BUN_OPTIONS. The fix has which() record the argv index where it found the subcommand keyword in a new SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEX static (read via command::subcommand_argv_index()); exec_init and UpgradeCommand::exec start one past it instead of at hardcoded offset 2. bun_info and TrustCommand::exec are switched to read from the clap-parsed positionals (cli.positionals / pm.options.positionals) the same way sibling pm subcommands already do. Net Rust change is ~35 lines across three files, plus eight new tests (two spellings × four commands).
Security risks
None. This is CLI argument-index bookkeeping in the dispatcher; no untrusted-input parsing, path handling, network, or auth surface changes. The new static is a plain AtomicUsize written once during single-threaded startup.
Level of scrutiny
Moderate. CLI dispatch runs on every invocation, but this change only affects where four subcommands begin reading their positionals — the dispatch decision itself (which()'s keyword classification) is unchanged. The SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEX primitive and the bun_info positionals rewrite are taken verbatim from #36644, so the mechanism has already been vetted there. I traced the early-return paths in which() (bunx shim, node shim, bare bun, -e, all-flags-then-EOF) to confirm none leave the readers with a wrong index. I also confirmed against package_manager_command.rs that get_subcommand reslices pm.options.positionals in place so positionals[0] is the trust keyword, matching the invariant the new slice relies on and the pattern already used by pm view, version, why, pkg, and licenses.
Other factors
This PR has been through three revisions with extensive back-and-forth; every CodeRabbit and comment-cop thread is resolved, and my own prior comments (bunx scoping, upgrade-test strengthening, pipe draining) have all been addressed — the current diff drains stdout on all three spawns in the new pm-trust test and asserts stderr before the exit code. The PR description confirms the 71 existing pm trust tests in the lifecycle-scripts and registry suites still pass with the positionals-based reader, and each new test's failure mode on an unfixed build is documented. The bug hunter found nothing this run. The one non-mechanical piece — moving TrustCommand's empty-args check from after lockfile-load to before it and deduplicating the second identical check — is a strict improvement (fails fast, single check) and is covered by both new tests.
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LGTM — the argv-index fix is mechanically sound and all four commands now agree with which() on where the subcommand keyword sits.
What was reviewed:
SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEXis written afterwhich()'s flag-skip loop and defaults to 1, so early-return paths (bunx/node shims, thelooks_like_run_entrypointfast path) that never reach the loop still see a coherent value; none of those paths reach the three readers.bun_info's switch tocli.positionalsandTrustCommand's switch topm.options.positionals[1..]were traced againstget_subcommand's reslice —--all/-astill resolve via the rawargsscan, and the empty-positionals guard uses1.min(len)so it can't panic.- The reordered
error_expected_argscheck inTrustCommand(now before the lockfile load) preserves the--allpath and matches the test's expectation. - All prior inline feedback (missing
--stable, pipe draining in the pm test, the earlier bunx-scope confusion) is addressed in the current diff.
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Overview
This PR fixes four CLI subcommands (bun init, bun info, bun upgrade, bun pm trust) that read their arguments from a fixed argv offset assuming the subcommand keyword is at argv[1]. When a runtime flag precedes the subcommand — either typed (bun --smol init) or spliced by BUN_OPTIONS — the keyword shifts to argv[2+] and becomes the first argument. The fix has which() record the keyword's actual index in a process-global AtomicUsize (SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEX), and the readers either start one past that index (exec_init, UpgradeCommand::exec) or switch to the clap-parsed positionals that already skip leading flags (bun_info, TrustCommand::exec).
Files touched: src/runtime/cli/mod.rs (+30/-22), pm_trusted_command.rs (+9/-15), upgrade_command.rs (+4/-3), plus four test files with 8 new test.each cases (two spellings × four commands).
Security risks
None. This is argv index arithmetic in single-threaded CLI startup. No untrusted input beyond the user's own command line; no auth, crypto, or filesystem-path derivation from external data. The Relaxed ordering on the atomic is fine given single-threaded init.
Level of scrutiny
Medium. CLI dispatch is startup-critical and any regression here is user-visible on every invocation, but the change is mechanically simple: one usize store in which(), three arithmetic reads, and two switches from raw-argv scans to already-parsed positionals. The mod.rs/upgrade_command.rs hunks are taken verbatim from in-flight PR #36644 and the bun_info positionals rewrite is also carried by #38151, so this is converging on an agreed shape rather than inventing one.
Other factors
- All four of my prior review comments (sibling-site sweep, missing
--stablein the upgrade test, the bunx-scope confusion after the rescope, and the pipe-draining nit in bun-pm.test.ts) were addressed; the last in commit 90a97e8. - The PR description explicitly enumerates the raw-argv readers left alone (
reserved,completions,create,x,whoami) with why each survives the shift, and verified the existing 71pm trusttests still pass after theTrustCommandchange. - I checked
get_subcommandin package_manager_command.rs: on["pm", "trust", ...]it reslicespm.options.positionalsto["trust", ...], sopositionals[1..]is exactly the user's package names;--all/-aare still detected via the separateargsscan, and the1.min(positionals.len())guard makes the slice safe on empty input. - The
error_expected_argscheck inTrustCommandnow runs before the lockfile load instead of after — a harmless fail-faster change that the new test pins. - CI red is explained (binary-size baseline lag, unrelated IPC/install flakes) and does not touch these paths.
- Coordination with #39383 (bunx escape hatch) and #36644 (the classifier change) is documented; this PR's hunks are disjoint from #39383 and a strict subset of #36644's groundwork.
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Problem
BUN_OPTIONS=--bun bun upgradeandbun --bun upgradeboth abort witherror: This command updates Bun itself, and does not take package names./note: Use `bun update upgrade` instead.(The--bunflag breaksbun upgrade#20347;bun upgradedoes not work with BUN_OPTIONS set #21777 was closed as its duplicate).bun init -yscaffolds into./init/instead of the cwd,bun info <pkg>looks up a package namedinfo, andbun pm trust <pkg>also tries to trust a package namedtrust(sobun pm trustwith no packages no longer reportsexpected package names(s) or --all).which()(src/runtime/cli/mod.rs) finds the subcommand keyword by skipping the flags in front of it, butexec_init(mod.rs),UpgradeCommand::exec(src/runtime/cli/upgrade_command.rs) andTrustCommand::exec(src/runtime/cli/pm_trusted_command.rs) then read their arguments from a fixed argv offset that assumes the keyword is argv[1], andbun_info(mod.rs) scanned raw argv from that same offset. A flag typed before the keyword, or a tokenBUN_OPTIONSsplices in after argv[0], moves the keyword to argv[2+], and the keyword itself becomes the first argument.bunxfork-bombs into infinite recursivebunx add add@latestprocesses whenBUN_OPTIONSis set #39377 is the same argv shift hitting theBUN_INTERNAL_BUNX_INSTALLescape hatch inwhich(). That is fixed by Fix bunx fork-bombing itself when BUN_OPTIONS is set #39383 and is not part of this PR (an earlier revision of this PR carried the same one-line change; see the details block).Fix
which()records the index of the keyword it dispatched on (SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEX, read throughcommand::subcommand_argv_index());exec_initandUpgradeCommand::execstart one past it instead of at 2.bun_infoandTrustCommand::execstop reading argv at all. Both already run a clap parse that collects the positionals after the keyword with leading flags skipped (cli.positionals, andpm.options.positionalsafterget_subcommandhas advanced it to thepmsubcommand), which is howbun pm viewand the otherpmsubcommands already get their arguments.which()'s skip loop is the one place that decides which leading tokens are not the subcommand, so taking the position from it (or from the clap parse, which skips the same tokens) means the readers cannot disagree with the dispatcher again. Compensating withbun_options_argc()alone (the first revision of this PR) would have fixed only the environment variable spelling and leftbun --bun upgradefrom The--bunflag breaksbun upgrade#20347 broken; both spellings are the same shift.bun upgrade's note still echoes the user's own arguments verbatim (bun update bun-types --dev) because it echoes argv after the keyword, not clap positionals; the existing tests at the top of bun-upgrade.test.ts pin that.which()is deliberately not switched to this index: itsadd/exectoken is placed by bunx's own re-exec, where the only thing that can precede it is theBUN_OPTIONSsplice, so1 + bun_options_argc()(Fix bunx fork-bombing itself when BUN_OPTIONS is set #39383) is the exact position there.bun --cwd dir initstill does not dispatch at all today (which()lands ondir); that is bun --cwd . run Fails with Exit Code 0 #10333, which cli: classify the subcommand past --cwd/--env-file values #36644 fixes by teachingwhich()to step over those values.SUBCOMMAND_ARGV_INDEXand the samebun_inforewrite (also carried by install: allow bun info and pm view without a package.json #38151) as groundwork for its classifier change. Themod.rsandupgrade_command.rshunks here are taken from it verbatim, so after this lands it rebases down to the classifier change.reserved_commandandexec_install_completionsscan for their token,bun createlocates its positionals relatively (the only difference is a barebun createexiting 0 instead of 1), andbun x/bun whoamifall through to flag-aware parsers. Checked each by hand on the current build.eachcase per spelling (BUN_OPTIONS=--smol, and--smoltyped before the keyword) in test/cli/init/init.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-info.test.ts, test/cli/install/bun-upgrade.test.ts and test/cli/install/bun-pm.test.ts. All eight fail on a build without the src change (init creates./init/, info requests/info, upgrade prints the package-names error, trust lists- trust) and pass with it.pm trustflows in bun-install-lifecycle-scripts.test.ts and bun-install-registry.test.ts (-t trust, 71 tests) sinceTrustCommandchanged how it collects package names; and by hand, both The--bunflag breaksbun upgrade#20347 spellings reach the release flow,BUN_OPTIONS=--smol bun --silent upgrade bun-types --devstill suggests exactlybun update bun-types --dev, andBUN_OPTIONS=--smol bun --silent init -y substill honours thesubtarget folder.Fixes #20347
Background
BUN_OPTIONSis an environment variable whose contents are parsed as extra CLI arguments at startup and inserted into argv right after argv[0] (argv_view_initin src/bun_core/util.rs), so they sit in front of the subcommand exactly like typed flags would.bun_options_argc()is the count of inserted tokens.which()is the dispatcher: it looks at argv[0] for thebunx/nodeshims, otherwise walks argv past leading-tokens and maps the first non-flag token to a commandTag. Most commands then parse argv with clap, which handles leading flags itself (unknown flags are skipped, not errors) and exposes the non-flag tokens as positionals; the four commands touched here were the ones still indexing raw argv.Earlier revisions of this PR
The first revision fixed the bunx escape hatch (
argv.get(1 + bun::bun_options_argc())inwhich(), with a decoy-binary test in bunx.test.ts) and added+ bun_options_argc()to the init, info and upgrade offsets. The hatch change is line-identical to #39383 by the issue's reporter, so it was dropped in favour of that PR. The second revision introduced a separate index for the three remaining sites; review turned up #36644, which already defines the same mechanism, and thepm trustreader, so this revision adopts #36644's primitive and positionals reads and adds trust. This PR and #39383 touch different hunks of mod.rs and different test files and merge in either order.no test proof · iteration 1 · Platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine. Deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/init/init.test.ts test/cli/install/bun-upgrade.test.ts