Warn in plugin cli if using deprecated --plugin-dir option

src/cli_plugin/install/index.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Logger from '../lib/logger';
 import { getConfig } from '../../server/path';
 import { parse, parseMilliseconds } from './settings';
 import logWarnings from '../lib/log_warnings';
+import { warnIfUsingPluginDirOption } from '../lib/warn_if_plugin_dir_option';
 
 function processCommand(command, options) {
   let settings;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ function processCommand(command, options) {
   }
 
   const logger = new Logger(settings);
+
+  warnIfUsingPluginDirOption(options, fromRoot('plugins'), logger);
   logWarnings(settings, logger);
   install(settings, logger);
 }
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ export default function pluginInstall(program) {
     )
     .option(
       '-d, --plugin-dir <path>',
-      'path to the directory where plugins are stored',
+      'path to the directory where plugins are stored (DEPRECATED, known to not work for all plugins)',
       fromRoot('plugins')
     )
     .description('install a plugin',

src/cli_plugin/lib/warn_if_plugin_dir_option.js

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export function warnIfUsingPluginDirOption(options, defaultValue, logger) {
+  if (options.pluginDir !== defaultValue) {
+    logger.log(
+      'Warning: Using the -d, --plugin-dir option is deprecated, and is ' +
+      'known to not work for all plugins, including X-Pack.'
+    );
+  }
+}

src/cli_plugin/list/index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import list from './list';
 import Logger from '../lib/logger';
 import { parse } from './settings';
 import logWarnings from '../lib/log_warnings';
+import { warnIfUsingPluginDirOption } from '../lib/warn_if_plugin_dir_option';
 
 function processCommand(command, options) {
   let settings;
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ function processCommand(command, options) {
   }
 
   const logger = new Logger(settings);
+
+  warnIfUsingPluginDirOption(options, fromRoot('plugins'), logger);
   logWarnings(settings, logger);
   list(settings, logger);
 }
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ export default function pluginList(program) {
     .command('list')
     .option(
       '-d, --plugin-dir <path>',
-      'path to the directory where plugins are stored',
+      'path to the directory where plugins are stored (DEPRECATED, known to not work for all plugins)',
       fromRoot('plugins')
     )
     .description('list installed plugins')

src/cli_plugin/remove/index.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Logger from '../lib/logger';
 import { parse } from './settings';
 import { getConfig } from '../../server/path';
 import logWarnings from '../lib/log_warnings';
+import { warnIfUsingPluginDirOption } from '../lib/warn_if_plugin_dir_option';
 
 function processCommand(command, options) {
   let settings;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ function processCommand(command, options) {
   }
 
   const logger = new Logger(settings);
+
+  warnIfUsingPluginDirOption(options, fromRoot('plugins'), logger);
   logWarnings(settings, logger);
   remove(settings, logger);
 }
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ export default function pluginRemove(program) {
     )
     .option(
       '-d, --plugin-dir <path>',
-      'path to the directory where plugins are stored',
+      'path to the directory where plugins are stored (DEPRECATED, known to not work for all plugins)',
       fromRoot('plugins')
     )
     .description('remove a plugin',