Option alias to short, bad error

[Natejoestev]

Type of issue

Bug

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My environment

OS: Windows 11 64 bit
Node: v18.1.0
Npm: 8.8.0
Yo: 4.3.1

Expected behavior

throw error like this:

Error (MY_GENERATOR)

Option (NAME) alias is to long.

NAME would be the first argument passed to the option function.

Current behavior

throws random error where this is undefined when calling a custom function on the generator.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

call option definition function with alias that is longer than 4 ish characters.

Command line output

Error (MY_GENERATOR) -myAlias option

Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'usesPkgManager')

usesPkgManager is a function i defined on the custom generator to return a boolean whether it uses a packages manager.

note

it would be nice to document that the alias is required to be less than a certain length.

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

👋 @Natejoestev Apologies but I don't understand what this issue is asking for. Could you please explain in detail what you're trying to do? https://antfu.me/posts/why-reproductions-are-required#reproducible-projects-or-playgrounds would be ideal if possible. Thanks! 🎩