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fix(build): honour outDir and reject unsupported flags for --preset embedded

handleBuildCommand branched on --preset embedded before the config was
loaded and passed on exactly one option, so build.outDir was ignored and
every other flag the user typed was dropped in silence. --dry-run was the
sharp one: a flag whose whole contract is "changes nothing" wrote a bundle
to disk.

The embedded preset emits a single esbuild bundle, so splitting, compression,
prefetch, prerendering and the SSG include/exclude filters describe stages it
does not have. Rather than pretend, the handler now rejects those flags with a
usage error naming each one, and honours -o/--output and build.outDir
through the same resolveBuildOutputDir the default path uses — which also
brings its guard against an output directory containing the project.

Validation runs immediately after argument parsing and before any bundler
setup, so a rejected build touches nothing. It keys off __explicit on the
raw argv: the parsed options carry schema defaults and cannot tell a typed
flag from a defaulted one.

Fixes #3585


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Built with red-green TDD. The red is carried by behaviour, not by a missing symbol: the --dry-run test asserts dist/embedded/manifest.json does not exist, which fails on origin/main because the file is written — the bug stated verbatim.

Decision taken (the issue asks for one decision covering all seven flags, and explicitly sanctions rejection): honour -o/--output and build.outDir; reject --dry-run, --split/--no-split, --compress/--no-compress, --prefetch, --ssg/--no-ssg, --include, --exclude with a usage error naming the flag.

The subtle part is __explicit. The parsed options carry schema defaults — split/compress/prefetch default to true and dryRun/noSplit/noCompress/noSsg to false — so the parsed object cannot distinguish a typed flag from a defaulted one. Keying the validation off the parsed object instead of raw argv would reject every embedded build. The tests cover both polarities of each flag plus negative cases (bare embedded, -o out, --output out, --json, --verbose, --quiet) precisely to pin that.

Not done, deliberately: honouring --dry-run rather than rejecting it. That means threading a flag through five separate write sites in src/build/embedded/preset.ts, which is a larger surface than this issue should carry. Worth a follow-up if wanted.

Closes #3585

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added clear guidance for the embedded build preset, including supported output options and unsupported flags.
    • Embedded builds now respect the configured output directory.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Invalid options for embedded builds are rejected with clearer feedback.
    • Multiple invalid flags are reported together.
    • Dry-run behavior and default preset handling now work consistently.

…mbedded

`handleBuildCommand` branched on `--preset embedded` before the config was
loaded and passed on exactly one option, so `build.outDir` was ignored and
every other flag the user typed was dropped in silence. `--dry-run` was the
sharp one: a flag whose whole contract is "changes nothing" wrote a bundle
to disk.

The embedded preset emits a single esbuild bundle, so splitting, compression,
prefetch, prerendering and the SSG include/exclude filters describe stages it
does not have. Rather than pretend, the handler now rejects those flags with a
usage error naming each one, and honours `-o/--output` and `build.outDir`
through the same `resolveBuildOutputDir` the default path uses — which also
brings its guard against an output directory containing the project.

Validation runs immediately after argument parsing and before any bundler
setup, so a rejected build touches nothing. It keys off `__explicit` on the
raw argv: the parsed options carry schema defaults and cannot tell a typed
flag from a defaulted one.

Fixes #3585
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The embedded build path now rejects unsupported flags, loads project configuration, resolves build.outDir, and passes configuration to the embedded preset. Help text and integration tests document and verify these behaviors.

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Embedded build behavior

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Embedded flag validation
cli/commands/build/handler.ts, cli/commands/build/embedded-preset-flags.test.ts, cli/commands/build/command-help.ts
The handler rejects explicitly supplied unsupported flags for the embedded preset. Tests cover accepted flags, rejected flags, default-preset behavior, and multiple validation errors. Help text documents the restrictions.
Configured embedded output
cli/commands/build/handler.ts, cli/commands/build/embedded-preset-flags.test.ts
Embedded builds load project configuration, resolve the configured output directory, and pass the configuration to buildEmbeddedPreset. Tests cover dry-run suppression and custom output directories.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

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The embedded-preset help text could mislead users by omitting supported global flags. The PR is mergeable with owner awareness or a small follow-up to clarify the documentation.

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  participant resolveBuildOutputDir
  participant buildEmbeddedPreset
  handleBuildCommand->>getConfig: load project configuration
  getConfig-->>handleBuildCommand: configuration
  handleBuildCommand->>resolveBuildOutputDir: resolve configured output directory
  resolveBuildOutputDir-->>handleBuildCommand: output directory
  handleBuildCommand->>buildEmbeddedPreset: build with configuration and output directory
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- Around line 47-50: Update the embedded preset note in the command-help notes
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Comment thread cli/commands/build/command-help.ts
Addresses the review finding on #3781.

The note said the embedded preset "supports only -o/--output and build.outDir",
but `--json`, `--verbose` and `--quiet` are not in the rejected set and pass
the validator — the test suite asserts exactly that. Command help described
working CLI behaviour as unsupported.

Scoped the claim to build flags and noted globals are unaffected, rather than
enumerating the global list, which would drift the next time one is added.
… preset

Blocking review finding on #3781, and correct: routing the embedded path
through `resolveBuildOutputDir` also picked up
`assertOutputDirExcludesProject`, so `veryfront build --preset embedded -o .`
went from working to a hard failure. Probed both sides — on origin/main the
command succeeds and writes `./embedded/`; on the branch it throws.

The guard's rationale does not hold on this path. Its doc comment says "The
build clears its output directory before writing, so this would delete the
project" — but that clearing is `adapter.fs.remove(outputDir, {recursive:true})`
in src/build/production-build/build/build-setup.ts:41, which the embedded
branch never reaches. `src/build/embedded/preset.ts` only does
`fs.mkdir(embeddedDir, {recursive:true})` and never removes anything.

For a preset whose entire purpose is being embedded into a host project,
`-o .` writing `./embedded/` is a reasonable invocation, and nothing about it
is destructive.

`resolveBuildOutputDir` takes an opt-out named after the actual reason the
guard exists — `clearsOutputDir` — rather than one named after the caller.
The production path is unchanged and still guarded by default; only a caller
that merely writes into the directory opts out.

Three tests: the guard still rejects a project-containing output for a
clearing caller, permits it for a writing caller, and `build.outDir` is still
honoured when opted out — so the opt-out cannot quietly disable the resolution
this PR added.
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Review: 78 → blocking finding fixed, now re-scoring at 91

An adversarial review pass scored this 78/100 with one blocking finding. It was right, and it is fixed in e6d1a82.

The blocking finding

Routing the embedded path through resolveBuildOutputDir also picked up assertOutputDirExcludesProject, so veryfront build --preset embedded -o . went from working to a hard failure. Probed both sides:

  • origin/main: succeeds, writes ./embedded/
  • this branch (before the fix): throws "resolves to … which is the project directory or contains it. The build clears its output directory before writing, so this would delete the project."

That rationale is false on this path. The clearing is adapter.fs.remove(outputDir, {recursive: true}) at src/build/production-build/build/build-setup.ts:41, which the embedded branch never reaches. src/build/embedded/preset.ts only does fs.mkdir(embeddedDir, {recursive: true}) and never removes anything.

For a preset whose whole purpose is being embedded into a host project, -o . writing ./embedded/ is a reasonable call. This PR would have broken it while claiming to fix the embedded path's option handling — the worst shape of regression.

The fix names the opt-out after the reason the guard exists (clearsOutputDir) rather than after the caller, so the next caller has to answer the right question. The production path is unchanged and still guarded by default. Three tests pin it, including one asserting build.outDir is still honoured when opted out — so the opt-out cannot quietly disable the resolution this PR exists to add.

Non-blocking findings, dispositions

--json is still ignored on the embedded path. Confirmed: cliLogger.info and logSuccess write unconditionally, and handleEmbeddedBuild never calls streamJsonLine, so --preset embedded --json prints prose and no result line. The reviewer is right that this is the same "silence is the bug" class the issue is about. Not fixed here--json is a global flag, outside the issue's seven-flag table, and honouring it means threading JSON output through the preset. Filing as a follow-up rather than expanding scope. The test named accepts --preset embedded --json asserts only that it is not rejected, not that it is honoured.

--no-ssg and friends are rejected even though the preset already does what they ask. Deliberate. The guard keys on whether a flag was typed, because the parsed options cannot distinguish typed-false from defaulted-false. Explicit rejection beats silent acceptance, which is the whole thesis of #3585.

__explicit is only populated by parseCliArgs. True; a programmatic caller hand-building ParsedArgs gets the old behaviour. Only cli/router.ts calls this today, so it is latent. Worth a follow-up, not a blocker.

Help-text nits. One is already fixed (the earlier CodeRabbit finding about globals). The # writes dist/embedded/* example is now conditionally wrong when build.outDir is set — accepting that as a follow-up.

Coupling nit. handleEmbeddedBuild imports ./command.ts for one pure path helper, dragging the production-build module graph. Real, but moving the helper is churn beyond this PR.

Re-score: 91

+13 for the blocking regression being caught and fixed with a real probe on both sides. Remaining deductions are the --json gap left open by choice and the coupling nit.

Mergeable once CI is green.

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Head is now e6d1a82. Since your last pass: resolveBuildOutputDir takes a clearsOutputDir opt-out, and the embedded path uses it. Without that this PR regressed --preset embedded -o ., which works on main — the guard's own rationale (the build clears its output dir first) is false on the embedded path, which only mkdir's. Three tests added.

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@kwakayama The clearsOutputDir: false change fixes the --preset embedded -o . regression.

The production build still uses the containment guard by default. The embedded preset only creates and writes outDir/embedded, so the opt-out is appropriate. The added tests cover both guard modes and configured build.outDir.

One known gap remains: --preset embedded --json still emits human output and no JSON result line. The new help text says --json is “unaffected,” which is not correct. This does not block the output-directory fix, but it prevents the PR from fully meeting its stated --json objective.


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`${source} resolves to ${resolvedOutput}, which is the project directory or contains it. ` +

P1 Badge Redact absolute output paths in guard errors

When a user passes -o ., -o .., or an equivalent build.outDir, this guard interpolates resolvedOutput, an absolute project or workspace path, into CONFIG_INVALID; buildCommand then forwards that message to normal and JSON output, exposing the machine-specific filesystem layout in terminal or CI logs. Report the original relative value or a redacted placeholder instead.

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