cli: spawn Cypress with option --run-from-cli, close #1573

cypress-io · Apr 13, 2018 · e9bac25 · e9bac25
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diff --git a/cli/lib/exec/spawn.js b/cli/lib/exec/spawn.js
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ module.exports = {
     debug('needs XVFB?', needsXvfb)
 
     // always push cwd into the args
-    args = [].concat(args, '--cwd', process.cwd())
+    // also pass a flag to let binary know it was not executed
+    // directly by the user, but through this NPM module
+    args = [].concat(args, '--run-from-cli', '--cwd', process.cwd())
 
     _.defaults(options, {
       detached: false,

diff --git a/cli/test/lib/exec/spawn_spec.js b/cli/test/lib/exec/spawn_spec.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('exec spawn', function () {
       .then(() => {
         expect(cp.spawn).to.be.calledWithMatch('/path/to/cypress', [
           '--foo',
+          '--run-from-cli',
           '--cwd',
           cwd,
         ], {
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ describe('exec spawn', function () {
         expect(cp.spawn).to.be.calledWithMatch('node', [
           p,
           '--foo',
+          '--run-from-cli',
           '--cwd',
           cwd,
         ], {