clone: rename -p/--path flag to --working-dir - #333
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Align bender clone's flag with bender snapshot's --working-dir, since both refer to the same working-directory concept (and share the same default value). --path was also easy to confuse with the unrelated `bender path` subcommand and path-dependency overrides.
Restores backwards compatibility for scripts using bender clone -p/--path after the previous rename to --working-dir.
-p was still showing in help alongside --working-dir; use short_alias instead of short so it stays functional but hidden, consistent with the hidden --path long alias.
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Summary
bender cloneused-p/--pathandbender snapshotused--working-dirfor the same working-directory concept (same default valueworking_dir, same semantics).--working-diris now the primary, documented flag forclonetoo, matchingsnapshot.-p/--pathare kept as fully-working hidden aliases onclonefor backwards compatibility — neither appears in--help, but both still parse.docs/bookreferences and added a CHANGELOG entry.Not a breaking change: existing
-p/--pathusage keeps working.Test plan
cargo check --no-default-featurespassesbender clone --helpshows only--working-dir <WORKING_DIR>(no-p/--path)bender clone -p <dir> <pkg>andbender clone --path <dir> <pkg>still parse correctlybender snapshot --helpshows--working-dir <WORKING_DIR>(unchanged)