fix(): Downgrade commander and override default exit behaviour

README.md

@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ The iSH-App on iOS has the following latest versions available
 - npm v7.17.0
 
 These versions are deprecated, but if we want to use these scripts on iSH, we have to make sure they run on that outdated versions.
+
+- only commander v11 supports nodejs v16

log

@@ -60,16 +60,20 @@ class Log extends This {
     /**
      * @program()
      */
-    this.program.parse();
+    this.program.exitOverride();
+
+    try {
+      this.program.parse();
+    } catch (err) {
+      // custom processing...
+    }
 
     if (Object.keys(this.program.opts()).length || this.program.args.length) {
       //// Debugging commander options and arguments
       const opts = util.inspect(this.program.opts(), { depth: null, colors: true, showHidden: true });
       const args = util.inspect(this.program.args, { depth: null, colors: true, showHidden: true });
-      //this.echo(`Options: ${opts}`);
-      //this.echo(`Remaining arguments: ${args}`);
-    } else {
-      this.program.outputHelp();
+      this.echo(`Options: ${opts}`);
+      this.echo(`Remaining arguments: ${args}`);
     }
   }
 }

package-lock.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "dependencies": {
-        "commander": "^12.1.0",
+        "commander": "^11.1.0",
         "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/commander": {
-      "version": "12.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-12.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Vw8qHK3bZM9y/P10u3Vib8o/DdkvA2OtPtZvD871QKjy74Wj1WSKFILMPRPSdUSx5RFK1arlJzEtA4PkFgnbuA==",
+      "version": "11.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-11.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yPVavfyCcRhmorC7rWlkHn15b4wDVgVmBA7kV4QVBsF7kv/9TKJAbAXVTxvTnwP8HHKjRCJDClKbciiYS7p0DQ==",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
+        "node": ">=16"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/concat-map": {

package.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "format": "prettier --ignore-path .gitignore --write \"./*\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "commander": "^12.1.0",
+    "commander": "^11.1.0",
     "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

pm-search

@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 const This = require('./this');
-const { Command } = require('commander');
-const program = new Command();
 
 class PmSearch extends This {
   constructor() {
     super();
     this.version = '0.0.1';
+    this.description = 'Search packages of fake package manager';
+    super.init(); // initialize commander with overridden version and description
   }
 
   start() {
-    // Usage
-    const pmSearch = new PmSearch();
-    // Output: Methods of ExampleClass: [ 'methodOne', 'methodTwo' ]
-    //         Properties of ExampleClass: [ 'propertyOne', 'propertyTwo', 'version' ] and Version: 1.1.0
-    // pmSearch.discovery();
-
-    program.name(this.scriptName).version('0.0.1').description('Search packages of fake package manager').outputHelp();
+    super.start();
   }
 }
 

this

@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ class This {
     /**
      * @program()
      */
-    this.program.parse();
+    this.program.exitOverride();
+
+    try {
+      this.program.parse();
+    } catch (err) {
+      // custom processing...
+    }
 
     if (Object.keys(this.program.opts()).length || this.program.args.length) {
       // Debugging commander options and arguments
@@ -72,8 +78,6 @@ class This {
       const args = util.inspect(this.program.args, { depth: null, colors: true, showHidden: true });
       this.execCmd(`${this.workingDir}/log echo 'Options: ${opts}'`);
       this.execCmd(`${this.workingDir}/log echo 'Remaining arguments: ${args}'`);
-    } else {
-      this.program.outputHelp();
     }
   }