[Bug]: Pest ignores '-c' option and only recognizes '--configuration'

[panders23]

What Happened

When running Pest with the -c option (the short form of --configuration), Pest does not recognize it properly. Instead, it only handles the --configuration option, leading to unexpected behavior. After some debugging, I see that using -c an additional internal --configuration argument pointing to <project_root>/.pest.xml is generated. This internally added argument then overwrites the previous user-provided -c option in phpunit.

I investigated the issue and located the cause in the Pest codebase:

• File: vendor/pestphp/pest/src/Plugins/Concerns/HandleArguments.php
• Line: 20

Here, the code only checks for --configuration instead of both -c and --configuration. The arguments are obtained from:

• File: vendor/pestphp/pest/src/Plugins/Configuration.php
• Line: 37

How to Reproduce

1. Use non default phpunit.xml file path

mv phpunit.xml phpunit.example.xml

2. Run Pest with the -c option:

./vendor/bin/pest -c phpunit.example.xml --list-tests

3. Observe that the specified configuration file is not properly loaded.

4. Run Pest with the --configuration option:

./vendor/bin/pest --configuration phpunit.example.xml --list-tests

5. Observe that the configuration file is loaded correctly.

Sample Repository

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Pest Version

3.3.2

PHP Version

8.3.12

Operation System

macOS

Notes

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