Use weak shell quoting for npm tasks with --

Part of #115876
microsoft · Feb 5, 2021 · a4a6607 · a4a6607
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diff --git a/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts b/extensions/npm/src/tasks.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export async function createTask(packageManager: string, script: NpmTaskDefiniti
 		const result: (string | ShellQuotedString)[] = new Array(cmd.length);
 		for (let i = 0; i < cmd.length; i++) {
 			if (/\s/.test(cmd[i])) {
-				result[i] = { value: `${cmd[i]}`, quoting: ShellQuoting.Strong };
+				result[i] = { value: cmd[i], quoting: cmd[i].includes('--') ? ShellQuoting.Weak : ShellQuoting.Strong };
 			} else {
 				result[i] = cmd[i];
 			}