formatjs/cli unknown option --messages-dir

[Floriferous]

When using @formatjs/cli, the --out-file help description mentions This flag will ignore --messages-dir. But this flag is not documented as an available flag, and the CLI fails when you try to use it.

Is it normal that the functionality of @formatjs/cli and babel-plugin-react-intl have different functionality? The CLI appears to only be able to output a single large .json file, while the babel plugin can only output a hierarchy of files similar to your component hierarchy.

Are they meant to co-exist, or is the CLI package replacing the babel plugin?

[longlho]

They're meant to co-exist. babel-plugin-react-intl automatically inserts IDs in the transpiled code and @formatjs/cli only extracts. I'll update the help messages accordingly.

[wkerswell-gresham]

Hey, Seems the --messages-dir has been removed from the babel-plugin-react-intl is there any way to replicate the plugins behaviour of outputting a hierarchy of files similar to your component hierarchy?