Http basic config password starting with "-"

• I am on the latest Poetry version.
• I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.
• If an exception occurs when executing a command, I executed it again in debug mode (-vvv option).

• OS version and name: ubuntu 20.04 (also tested on mac)
• Poetry version: 1.0.10
• Link of a Gist with the contents of your pyproject.toml file: N/A

Issue

I way to use poetry with a private repository, as described in the documentation I run:

poetry -vvv config http-basic.foo username "-some_password"

Note the - at the beginning of the password

I have the following error:

[NoSuchOptionException]
The "-s" option does not exist.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/console_application.py", line 123, in run
    io = io_factory(
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/console/config/application_config.py", line 168, in create_io
    resolved_command = application.resolve_command(args)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/console_application.py", line 110, in resolve_command
    return self._config.command_resolver.resolve(args, self)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/resolver/default_resolver.py", line 43, in resolve
    result = self.process_default_commands(args, application.default_commands)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/resolver/default_resolver.py", line 104, in process_default_commands
    if resolved_command.is_parsable():
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/resolver/resolve_result.py", line 43, in is_parsable
    self._parse()
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/resolver/resolve_result.py", line 49, in _parse
    self._parsed_args = self._command.parse(self._raw_args)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/api/command/command.py", line 113, in parse
    return self._config.args_parser.parse(args, self._args_format, lenient)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/args/default_args_parser.py", line 53, in parse
    self._parse(args, _fmt, lenient)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/args/default_args_parser.py", line 103, in _parse
    self._parse_short_option(token, tokens, fmt, lenient)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/args/default_args_parser.py", line 258, in _parse_short_option
    self._parse_short_option_set(name, tokens, fmt, lenient)
  File "/home/jeremad/.poetry/lib/poetry/_vendor/py3.8/clikit/args/default_args_parser.py", line 280, in _parse_short_option_set
    raise NoSuchOptionException(name[i])

[DrLuke]

I’m not sure if this really was a bug in the first place, but rather unfortunate CLI design instead. When configuring basic auth credentials, only the username is required, and the password is optional. So the parser is given the choice if you’re providing another optional argument or if you’re inputting options, and I’d go for parsing it as options as well.

Maybe it makes sense to document this here?

[bneijt]

If what @DrLuke says is true, then this bug can be closed as it must have been fixed in a newer release (mind you, the bug is already a year old).

I do not have the rights to close it, but @abn is probably allowed to close this issue till further notice then.