sfdx commands --json repeats commands

[surajp]

Summary

Certain commands are repeated and show up in twice in the output of sfdx commands --json. This creates unncesseary clutter in my autocomplete script. Makes me wonder if source commands are repeated in multiple core plugins.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Run sfdx commands --json > allcommands.json
2. Look for force:source:pull in the allcommands.json file generated above.

Expected result

The JSON for force:source:pull occurs twice in the file.

Actual result

The JSON for force:source:pull should appear only once in the file.

System Information

• Bash in WSL2

CLI Version:
        sfdx-cli/7.172.0

 Architecture:
        wsl-x64

 Node Version:
        node-v18.3.0

 Plugin Version:
        @oclif/plugin-autocomplete 1.3.1 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.1 (user)
        @oclif/plugin-help 5.1.14 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.3 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-plugins 2.1.1 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-update 3.0.2 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-version 1.1.2 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.6 (core)
        @oclif/plugin-which 2.1.0 (core)
        alias 2.1.5 (core)
        apex 1.2.0 (core)
        auth 2.2.13 (core)
        community 2.0.3 (core)
        config 1.4.21 (core)
        custom-metadata 2.0.1 (core)
        data 2.1.4 (core)
        generator 2.0.5 (core)
        info 2.1.9 (core)
        limits 2.0.5 (core)
        org 2.2.7 (core)
        packaging 1.9.4 (core)
        schema 2.1.10 (core)
        signups 1.2.7 (core)
        source 2.0.17 (core)
        telemetry 2.0.2 (core)
        templates 55.1.0 (core)
        trust 2.0.4 (core)
        user 2.1.10 (core)
        @salesforce/sfdx-plugin-lwc-test 1.0.1 (core)
        @salesforce/sfdx-scanner 3.6.2 (user)
        salesforce-alm 54.8.1 (core)
        sfdmu 4.17.6 (user)
        sfdx-apex-typings-generator 3.0.1 (user)

 OS and Version:
        Linux 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2

 Shell:
        bash

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[WillieRuemmele]

Hi @surajp - I was able to recreate the above behavior. This is actually an OCLIF plugin-commandslevel behavior bug, you can tell by running sfdx which commands to see which plugin a command belongs to.

cc: @mdonnalley

[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-11983167

[surajp]

@WillieRuemmele Thanks. I'm aware that plugin-commands is responsible for generating that output. (I install it manually for my autocomplete script to work with the new Salesforce cli ( since it doesn't seem to bundled there). However, if this is a bug with the plugin itself, why do we see this happening with only certain sets of commands (source commands, for example) and not all commands?

[WillieRuemmele]

@surajp, I'm not sure why some commands are duplicated... I'd need to look into it more. However, sf should support autocomplete by running sf autocomplete and following the instructions there.

[surajp]

@WillieRuemmele Thank you. The script I use offers fuzzy search and more features than the standard sf autocomplete script.