Add boolean `fatal` option to `exec()` function #961

WesCossick · 2019-08-12T14:54:51Z

This PR introduces a new boolean fatal option for the exec() function. Like the existing silent option, this new option allows you to override the global fatal configuration parameter on a per-command basis, like:

exec('example command', {
    fatal: true|false,
});

This eliminates the need for the following pattern:

const oldFatal = shell.config.fatal;
shell.config.fatal = false;
exec('some command that might fail');
shell.config.fatal = oldFatal;

The old pattern can introduce race conditions in async functions, an issue that was surfaced in our code with the new ESLint rule, require-atomic-updates.

WesCossick · 2019-08-12T14:55:24Z

Once I receive feedback on the implementation itself, I can add documentation and tests!

nfischer

Left some comments, but mostly good (and this seems like a good feature to add to the project)

src/exec.js

nfischer · 2019-08-13T07:15:40Z

src/exec.js


 opts = common.extend({
 silent: common.config.silent,
+ fatal: common.config.fatal,


This is also redundant (see comment below)

nfischer · 2019-08-13T07:17:34Z

src/common.js


 // Throw an error, or log the entry
- if (config.fatal) throw new Error(logEntry);
+ if (config.fatal && options.fatal !== false) throw new Error(logEntry);


Instead of this, how about we assign fatal: config.fatal up above in DEFAULT_OPTIONS?

Fixed it; not sure how I missed that pattern originally.

You should update this to check options.fatal instead of config.fatal (otherwise, this should be OK)

nfischer · 2019-08-13T07:23:29Z

Here's a similar test you might be able to base this on:

shelljs/test/config.js

Lines 42 to 48 in 57df38c

 test.cb('config.fatal = true', t => { 

 const script = 'require(\'./global.js\'); config.silent=true; config.fatal=true; cp("this_file_doesnt_exist", "."); echo("got here");'; 

 utils.runScript(script, (err, stdout) => { 

 t.falsy(stdout.match('got here')); 

 t.end(); 

 }); 

 });

codecov-io · 2019-08-14T22:18:47Z

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Merging #961 into master will decrease coverage by 0.13%.
The diff coverage is 85.71%.

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WesCossick · 2019-08-14T23:45:43Z

There is a very strange error where one of the new tests I added causes common.js to die mysteriously on line 119.

I drilled it down to that line by adding a throw new Error('TEST'); line before and after that line and running npm test for each. When the error is thrown after line 119, it never gets thrown for that one test that's failing.

I have no idea why that is.

nfischer · 2019-08-15T04:58:29Z

Not sure what the failure on 119 is (I don't see it on the bots), but https://travis-ci.org/shelljs/shelljs/jobs/572075940 failed here:

exec › options.fatal = true and unknown command
  /home/travis/build/shelljs/shelljs/test/exec.js:51
   50:   shell.config.fatal = false;                                         
   51:   t.throws(() => {                                                    
   52:     shell.exec('asdfasdf', { fatal: true }); // could not find command

This makes sense, because the implementation has a bug (per my previous comment, you need to check options.fatal rather than config.fatal in the code).

WesCossick · 2019-08-15T13:18:24Z

The code does check options.fatal: https://github.com/WesCossick/shelljs/blob/master/src/common.js#L122

WesCossick · 2019-08-15T13:34:45Z

When running npm test, the options.fatal = true and unknown command test dies at common.js precisely on line 119. No code after that point executes, and I have no idea why. But, just running the package normally, it's clear that what's really happening is that the wrap() function relies on checking config.fatal before deciding whether to throw an error (this line).

How do you propose this should be addressed? There does not appear to be an easy way to wire the new fatal option through to the wrap() function without using the global config.

WesCossick · 2019-08-21T19:45:18Z

I've implemented what I think is a decent solution, working within this project's existing design.

I've introduced a new handlesFatalDynamically option for the common wrap() function. Functions like exec can then use this boolean to indicate to the wrap() function that they suppress their own errors dynamically. This means that when they throw an error, it's because they want it to be seen, regardless of the global fatal value.

Let me know your thoughts, @nfischer.

nfischer · 2019-08-23T21:15:54Z

src/common.js

 exports.CommandError = CommandError; // visible for testing

-// Shows error message. Throws if config.fatal is true
+// Shows error message. Throws if fatal is true (defaults to config.fatal, overridable with options.fatal)


nit: "Throws if options.fatal is..."

The verbiage here is intentionally just "fatal" because it's looking at two separate values. First it looks at the global config, but it also can be overridable with the function's options. The options.fatal value isn't always provided, in which case, it's really the global config that determines the behavior.

I suppose you could rewrite it to read: // Throws if options.fatal is true, or if options.fatal is undefined and config.fatal is true. Let me know if you think that wording is more clear.

nfischer · 2019-08-23T21:17:22Z

src/exec.js

 function execSync(cmd, opts, pipe) {
 if (!common.config.execPath) {
- common.error('Unable to find a path to the node binary. Please manually set config.execPath');
+ common.error('Unable to find a path to the node binary. Please manually set config.execPath', { continue: true, fatal: opts.fatal });


Why continue: true?

Without it, even if fatal: false is provided to the common error() function, it will still throw a CommandError if continue is not true. See: https://github.com/WesCossick/shelljs/blob/master/src/common.js#L125

Normally, the wrap() function would have caught that error, seen that fatal was disabled globally, and not re-thrown it. But now, the wrap() function will always throw errors since handlesFatalDynamically: true for the exec command. That means it's up to the exec command to decide whether to throw it or not. Even if it doesn't throw an error, at a minimum it should not execute any logic past that point.

To make this more clear, I've re-written this bit of code (here and the other place where continue: true was followed by a return.

nfischer · 2019-08-23T21:19:14Z

src/exec.js


+ if (!command) {
+ common.error('must specify command', { continue: true, fatal: options.fatal });
+ return;


It doesn't look right for continue: true to be followed by return...

See above comment.

test/exec.js

src/common.js

WesCossick · 2019-08-27T21:27:36Z

Hey @nfischer, let me know what you think of the recent changes.

WesCossick · 2019-09-20T16:00:04Z

@nfischer Any update on this?

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