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Build fails with latest electron-builder version

See original GitHub issue

Version: 5.22.13

Target: Windows

Steps to Reproduce:

Performing a regular build with

electronize build /target win

fails since the BuildCommand seems to pass invalid CLI arguments to electron-builder.

I’m getting the following output:

C:\Project\obj\desktop\win>electron-builder . --config=./bin/electron-builder.json --platform=win32 --arch=x64
cli.js build
Build
Building:
  --mac, -m, -o, --macos   Build for macOS, accepts target list (see
                           https://goo.gl/5uHuzj).                       [array]
  --linux, -l              Build for Linux, accepts target list (see
                           https://goo.gl/4vwQad)                        [array]
  --win, -w, --windows     Build for Windows, accepts target list (see
                           https://goo.gl/jYsTEJ)                        [array]
  --x64                    Build for x64                               [boolean]
  --ia32                   Build for ia32                              [boolean]
  --armv7l                 Build for armv7l                            [boolean]
  --arm64                  Build for arm64                             [boolean]
  --dir                    Build unpacked dir. Useful to test.         [boolean]
  --prepackaged, --pd      The path to prepackaged app (to pack in a
                           distributable format)
C:\Project\obj\desktop\win>
  --projectDir, --project  The path to project directory. Defaults to current
                           working directory.
  --config, -c             The path to an electron-builder config. Defaults to
                           `electron-builder.yml` (or `json`, or `json5`), see
                           https://goo.gl/YFRJOM
Publishing:
  --publish, -p  Publish artifacts, see https://goo.gl/tSFycD
                [choices: "onTag", "onTagOrDraft", "always", "never", undefined]
Other:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]
Examples:
  electron-builder -mwl                     build for macOS, Windows and Linux
  electron-builder --linux deb tar.xz       build deb and tar.xz for Linux
  electron-builder --win --ia32             build for Windows ia32
  electron-builder                          set package.json property `foo` to
  -c.extraMetadata.foo=bar                  `bar`
  electron-builder                          configure unicode options for NSIS
  --config.nsis.unicode=false
Unknown arguments: platform, arch

Please note how the BuildCommand passes arguments for platform and arch to electron-builder, both don’t seem to be supported.

I’ve also noticed that the BuildCommand performs a global installation of electron-builder on each run, which results in always using the latest version. This seems very prone to similar errors like this due to future breaking changes in electron-builder.

Would it be possible to simply install electron-builder locally with a fixed version? That should also solve the problem of it not working on Linux. If you’re OK with that, I’d be happy to provide a PR.

Btw, this is currently totally blocking for me and I don’t have any workarounds😊