feat: introduce nargs-eats-options config option

README.md

@@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ node example.js -x 1 2 -x 3 4
 { _: [], x: [[1, 2], [3, 4]] }
 ```
 
+### nargs eats options
+
+* default: `false`
+* key: `nargs-eats-options`
+
+Should nargs consume dash options as well as positional arguments.
+
 ### negation prefix
 
 * default: `no-`

index.js

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ function parse (args, opts) {
     'halt-at-non-option': false,
     'strip-aliased': false,
     'strip-dashed': false,
-    'unknown-options-as-args': false
+    'unknown-options-as-args': false,
+    'nargs-eats-options': false
   }, opts.configuration)
   const defaults = Object.assign(Object.create(null), opts.default)
   const configObjects = opts.configObjects || []
@@ -366,16 +367,21 @@ function parse (args, opts) {
       return i
     }
 
-    // nargs will not consume flag arguments, e.g., -abc, --foo,
-    // and terminates when one is observed.
     let available = 0
-    for (ii = i + 1; ii < args.length; ii++) {
-      if (!args[ii].match(/^-[^0-9]/) || args[ii].match(negative) || isUnknownOptionAsArg(args[ii])) available++
-      else break
+    if (configuration['nargs-eats-options']) {
+      // classic behavior, yargs eats positional and dash arguments.
+      if (args.length - (i + 1) < toEat) error = Error(__('Not enough arguments following: %s', key))
+      available = toEat
+    } else {
+      // nargs will not consume flag arguments, e.g., -abc, --foo,
+      // and terminates when one is observed.
+      for (ii = i + 1; ii < args.length; ii++) {
+        if (!args[ii].match(/^-[^0-9]/) || args[ii].match(negative) || isUnknownOptionAsArg(args[ii])) available++
+        else break
+      }
+      if (available < toEat) error = Error(__('Not enough arguments following: %s', key))
     }
 
-    if (available < toEat) error = Error(__('Not enough arguments following: %s', key))
-
     const consumed = Math.min(available, toEat)
     for (ii = i + 1; ii < (consumed + i + 1); ii++) {
       setArg(key, args[ii])

test/yargs-parser.js

@@ -1903,6 +1903,21 @@ describe('yargs-parser', function () {
       result.error.message.should.equal('Not enough arguments following: foo')
     })
 
+    // See: https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser/issues/232
+    it('should treat flag arguments as satisfying narg requirements, if nargs-eats-options=true', function () {
+      var result = parser.detailed(['--foo', '--bar', '99', '--batman', 'robin'], {
+        narg: {
+          foo: 2
+        },
+        configuration: {
+          'nargs-eats-options': true
+        }
+      })
+
+      result.argv.foo.should.eql(['--bar', 99])
+      result.argv.batman.should.eql('robin')
+    })
+
     it('should not consume more than configured nargs', function () {
       var result = parser(['--foo', 'a', 'b'], {
         narg: {