From 52d4d4a706995c3abac7107059f5606e0751d9cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kuntal1461 <kuntal.1461@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 18:31:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: recover no-* boolean aliases swallowed by parseArgs
 allowNegative

Node.js parseArgs with allowNegative:true intercepts --no-X before the
options table lookup, storing rawFlags['X'] = false instead of
rawFlags['no-X'] = true. This caused apify create --no-optional to be
silently ignored: _parseFlags checked for 'no-optional' in rawFlags, found
nothing, and left omitOptionalDeps undefined, so optional deps always
installed regardless of the flag.

Fix: after the allMatchers lookup, scan any no-* aliases and check whether
their stripped positive name is stored as false in rawFlags. If found, set
rawFlag = true so the rest of the boolean parsing path proceeds normally.

Fixes #1349
---
 src/lib/command-framework/apify-command.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/lib/command-framework/apify-command.ts b/src/lib/command-framework/apify-command.ts
index cfede72ad..b65617bb5 100644
--- a/src/lib/command-framework/apify-command.ts
+++ b/src/lib/command-framework/apify-command.ts
@@ -523,6 +523,19 @@ export abstract class ApifyCommand<T extends typeof BuiltApifyCommand = typeof B
 
 			let rawFlag = rawFlags[matchingFlags[0]];
 
+			// parseArgs with allowNegative:true intercepts '--no-X' before the options table,
+			// storing rawFlags['X'] = false instead of rawFlags['no-X'] = true. Recover aliases
+			// of the form 'no-X' by checking whether the stripped positive name was set to false.
+			if (rawFlag === undefined && builderData.flagTag === 'boolean') {
+				for (const alias of builderData.aliases ?? []) {
+					const kebabAlias = kebabCaseString(camelCaseToKebabCase(alias)).toLowerCase();
+					if (kebabAlias.startsWith('no-') && rawFlags[kebabAlias.slice(3)] === false) {
+						rawFlag = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (!rawFlag && builderData.required) {
 				throw new CommandError({
 					code: CommandErrorCode.APIFY_MISSING_FLAG,