From 52e766be372b2e39be810854774f288c82d61a49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnav K <arnavkaushal09@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:43:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(cli): add --use-global flag to skip local version
 check

---
 cli/entrypoint.js | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/entrypoint.js b/cli/entrypoint.js
index c4196092..65feab71 100644
--- a/cli/entrypoint.js
+++ b/cli/entrypoint.js
@@ -22,26 +22,31 @@ const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 
 const globalPackageJson = require("../package.json")
 
+const useGlobal = process.argv.includes("--use-global")
+const args = process.argv.slice(2).filter((arg) => arg !== "--use-global")
+
 let mainPath = join(packageRoot, "dist/main.js")
 
-try {
-  const localRequire = createRequire(join(process.cwd(), "package.json"))
-  const localPackageJsonPath = localRequire.resolve(
-    "@tscircuit/cli/package.json",
-  )
-  const localPackageJson = localRequire(localPackageJsonPath)
-  const localPackageRoot = dirname(localPackageJsonPath)
-  const localMainPath = join(localPackageRoot, "dist/main.js")
-
-  if (localPackageRoot !== packageRoot && existsSync(localMainPath)) {
-    console.warn(
-      `Using local @tscircuit/cli v${localPackageJson.version} instead of global v${globalPackageJson.version}`,
+if (!useGlobal) {
+  try {
+    const localRequire = createRequire(join(process.cwd(), "package.json"))
+    const localPackageJsonPath = localRequire.resolve(
+      "@tscircuit/cli/package.json",
     )
-    mainPath = localMainPath
-  }
-} catch {}
+    const localPackageJson = localRequire(localPackageJsonPath)
+    const localPackageRoot = dirname(localPackageJsonPath)
+    const localMainPath = join(localPackageRoot, "dist/main.js")
+
+    if (localPackageRoot !== packageRoot && existsSync(localMainPath)) {
+      console.warn(
+        `Using local @tscircuit/cli v${localPackageJson.version} instead of global v${globalPackageJson.version}`,
+      )
+      mainPath = localMainPath
+    }
+  } catch {}
+}
 
-const { status } = spawnSync(runner, [mainPath, ...process.argv.slice(2)], {
+const { status } = spawnSync(runner, [mainPath, ...args], {
   stdio: "inherit",
 })
 

From 1819411988ee9cc93208ece8010134443c9231bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnav K <arnavkaushal09@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:45:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] f

---
 tests/cli/entrypoint/use-global-flag.test.ts | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/cli/entrypoint/use-global-flag.test.ts

diff --git a/tests/cli/entrypoint/use-global-flag.test.ts b/tests/cli/entrypoint/use-global-flag.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c30170d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/entrypoint/use-global-flag.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join, resolve } from "node:path"
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process"
+import { temporaryDirectory } from "tempy"
+
+test("entrypoint uses local version by default when available", async () => {
+  const tmpDir = temporaryDirectory()
+  const localCliPath = join(tmpDir, "node_modules", "@tscircuit", "cli")
+
+  mkdirSync(localCliPath, { recursive: true })
+  mkdirSync(join(localCliPath, "dist"), { recursive: true })
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(tmpDir, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: "test-project", version: "1.0.0" }),
+  )
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(localCliPath, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: "@tscircuit/cli", version: "0.0.999-local" }),
+  )
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(localCliPath, "dist", "main.js"),
+    'console.log("LOCAL_CLI_EXECUTED")',
+  )
+
+  const entrypointPath = resolve(process.cwd(), "cli/entrypoint.js")
+
+  const result = spawnSync("bun", [entrypointPath, "--version"], {
+    cwd: tmpDir,
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+  })
+
+  const output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+  expect(output).toContain("Using local @tscircuit/cli v0.0.999-local")
+
+  rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+test("entrypoint skips local version when --use-global flag is passed", async () => {
+  const tmpDir = temporaryDirectory()
+  const localCliPath = join(tmpDir, "node_modules", "@tscircuit", "cli")
+
+  mkdirSync(localCliPath, { recursive: true })
+  mkdirSync(join(localCliPath, "dist"), { recursive: true })
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(tmpDir, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: "test-project", version: "1.0.0" }),
+  )
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(localCliPath, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: "@tscircuit/cli", version: "0.0.999-local" }),
+  )
+
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(localCliPath, "dist", "main.js"),
+    'console.log("LOCAL_CLI_EXECUTED")',
+  )
+
+  const entrypointPath = resolve(process.cwd(), "cli/entrypoint.js")
+
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    "bun",
+    [entrypointPath, "--use-global", "--version"],
+    {
+      cwd: tmpDir,
+      encoding: "utf-8",
+    },
+  )
+
+  const output = result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+  expect(output).not.toContain("Using local @tscircuit/cli")
+  expect(output).not.toContain("LOCAL_CLI_EXECUTED")
+
+  rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})