feat: allow printing errors without exiting

oclif · May 12, 2018 · 6694bc7 · 6694bc7
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diff --git a/src/errors/cli.ts b/src/errors/cli.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class CLIError extends Error {
   oclif: any
   code?: string
 
-  constructor(error: string | Error, options: {code?: string, exit?: number} = {}) {
+  constructor(error: string | Error, options: {code?: string, exit?: number | false} = {}) {
     const addExitCode = (error: any) => {
       error.oclif = error.oclif || {}
       error.oclif.exit = options.exit === undefined ? 2 : options.exit

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ export function exit(code = 0): never {
   throw new ExitError(code)
 }
 
-export function error(err: string | Error, options: {code?: string, exit?: number} = {}): never {
-  throw new CLIError(err, options)
+export function error(input: string | Error, options: {code?: string, exit?: false}): void
+export function error(input: string | Error, options?: {code?: string, exit?: number}): never
+export function error(input: string | Error, options: {code?: string, exit?: number | false} = {}) {
+  const err = new CLIError(input, options)
+  if (options.exit === false) {
+    console.error(err.render ? err.render() : `Error ${err.message}`)
+    if (config.errorLogger) config.errorLogger.log(err.stack)
+  } else throw err
 }
 
 export function warn(input: string | Error) {