Cannot debug tests with --debug flag

[jrieken]

• use the script to run unit test
• try to use its --debug flag
• 😢 doesn't work anymore, it seems to collide and be consumed by Electron

jrieken@jrieken-m1-pro vscode % ./scripts/test.sh --debug
yarn run v1.22.17
$ node build/lib/electron
✨  Done in 0.27s.
[26333:0824/084242.537994:ERROR:node_bindings.cc(242)] Error parsing Node.js cli flags
electron: [DEP0062]: `node --debug` and `node --debug-brk` are invalid. Please use `node --inspect` and `node --inspect-brk` instead.
jrieken@jrieken-m1-pro vscode %

[jrieken]

@deepak1556 Is this something that can be configured inside electron or do we need to pick another flag?

[deepak1556]

When launching the main process, Electron gives Node.js a chance to parse the runtime arguments before the application script gets executed, the above error is actually thrown from Node.js https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/src/node_options.cc#L45-L49 and we cannot configure it. Also, CLI parsing errors from Node.js will abort the process as default behavior. I recommend changing the flag name to make it future proof.

[jrieken]

Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying