Remove separate --path argument for extensions install command (#10628)

docs/extensions/index.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Note that all of these commands will only be reflected in active CLI sessions on
 
 ### Installing an extension
 
-You can install an extension using `gemini extensions install` with either a GitHub URL source or `--path=some/local/path`.
+You can install an extension using `gemini extensions install` with either a GitHub URL or a local path`.
 
 Note that we create a copy of the installed extension, so you will need to run `gemini extensions update` to pull in changes from both locally-defined extensions and those on GitHub.
 

integration-tests/extensions-install.test.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test('installs a local extension, verifies a command, and updates it', async ()
   }
 
   const result = await rig.runCommand(
-    ['extensions', 'install', `--path=${rig.testDir!}`],
+    ['extensions', 'install', `${rig.testDir!}`],
     { stdin: 'y\n' },
   );
   expect(result).toContain('test-extension');

packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/install.test.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import yargs from 'yargs';
 
 const mockInstallExtension = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const mockRequestConsentNonInteractive = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+const mockStat = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 
 vi.mock('../../config/extension.js', () => ({
   installExtension: mockInstallExtension,
@@ -20,35 +21,20 @@ vi.mock('../../utils/errors.js', () => ({
   getErrorMessage: vi.fn((error: Error) => error.message),
 }));
 
+vi.mock('node:fs/promises', () => ({
+  stat: mockStat,
+  default: {
+    stat: mockStat,
+  },
+}));
+
 describe('extensions install command', () => {
   it('should fail if no source is provided', () => {
     const validationParser = yargs([]).command(installCommand).fail(false);
     expect(() => validationParser.parse('install')).toThrow(
-      'Either source or --path must be provided.',
+      'Not enough non-option arguments: got 0, need at least 1',
     );
   });
-
-  it('should fail if both git source and local path are provided', () => {
-    const validationParser = yargs([])
-      .command(installCommand)
-      .fail(false)
-      .locale('en');
-    expect(() =>
-      validationParser.parse('install some-url --path /some/path'),
-    ).toThrow('Arguments source and path are mutually exclusive');
-  });
-
-  it('should fail if both auto update and local path are provided', () => {
-    const validationParser = yargs([])
-      .command(installCommand)
-      .fail(false)
-      .locale('en');
-    expect(() =>
-      validationParser.parse(
-        'install some-url --path /some/path --auto-update',
-      ),
-    ).toThrow('Arguments path and auto-update are mutually exclusive');
-  });
 });
 
 describe('handleInstall', () => {
@@ -67,6 +53,7 @@ describe('handleInstall', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     mockInstallExtension.mockClear();
     mockRequestConsentNonInteractive.mockClear();
+    mockStat.mockClear();
     vi.resetAllMocks();
   });
 
@@ -107,13 +94,12 @@ describe('handleInstall', () => {
   });
 
   it('throws an error from an unknown source', async () => {
+    mockStat.mockRejectedValue(new Error('ENOENT: no such file or directory'));
     await handleInstall({
       source: 'test://google.com',
     });
 
-    expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Install source not found.');
-      'The source "test://google.com" is not a valid URL format.',
-    );
     expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
   });
 
@@ -131,9 +117,9 @@ describe('handleInstall', () => {
 
   it('should install an extension from a local path', async () => {
     mockInstallExtension.mockResolvedValue('local-extension');
-
+    mockStat.mockResolvedValue({});
     await handleInstall({
-      path: '/some/path',
+      source: '/some/path',
     });
 
     expect(consoleLogSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -141,15 +127,6 @@ describe('handleInstall', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should throw an error if no source or path is provided', async () => {
-    await handleInstall({});
-
-    expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'Either --source or --path must be provided.',
-    );
-    expect(processSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
-  });
-
   it('should throw an error if install extension fails', async () => {
     mockInstallExtension.mockRejectedValue(
       new Error('Install extension failed'),

packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/install.ts

@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ import {
   requestConsentNonInteractive,
 } from '../../config/extension.js';
 import type { ExtensionInstallMetadata } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
-
 import { getErrorMessage } from '../../utils/errors.js';
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
 interface InstallArgs {
-  source?: string;
+  source: string;
-  path?: string;
   ref?: string;
   autoUpdate?: boolean;
 }
@@ -23,32 +22,34 @@ interface InstallArgs {
 export async function handleInstall(args: InstallArgs) {
   try {
     let installMetadata: ExtensionInstallMetadata;
-    if (args.source) {
+    const { source } = args;
-      const { source } = args;
+    if (
-      if (
+      source.startsWith('http://') ||
-        source.startsWith('http://') ||
+      source.startsWith('https://') ||
-        source.startsWith('https://') ||
+      source.startsWith('git@') ||
-        source.startsWith('git@') ||
+      source.startsWith('sso://')
-        source.startsWith('sso://')
+    ) {
-      ) {
-        installMetadata = {
-          source,
-          type: 'git',
-          ref: args.ref,
-          autoUpdate: args.autoUpdate,
-        };
-      } else {
-        throw new Error(`The source "${source}" is not a valid URL format.`);
-      }
-    } else if (args.path) {
       installMetadata = {
-        source: args.path,
+        source,
-        type: 'local',
+        type: 'git',
+        ref: args.ref,
         autoUpdate: args.autoUpdate,
       };
     } else {
-      // This should not be reached due to the yargs check.
+      if (args.ref || args.autoUpdate) {
-      throw new Error('Either --source or --path must be provided.');
+        throw new Error(
+          '--ref and --auto-update are not applicable for local extensions.',
+        );
+      }
+      try {
+        await stat(source);
+        installMetadata = {
+          source,
+          type: 'local',
+        };
+      } catch {
+        throw new Error('Install source not found.');
+      }
     }
 
     const name = await installExtension(
@@ -63,17 +64,14 @@ export async function handleInstall(args: InstallArgs) {
 }
 
 export const installCommand: CommandModule = {
-  command: 'install [<source>] [--path] [--ref] [--auto-update]',
+  command: 'install <source>',
   describe: 'Installs an extension from a git repository URL or a local path.',
   builder: (yargs) =>
     yargs
       .positional('source', {
-        describe: 'The github URL of the extension to install.',
+        describe: 'The github URL or local path of the extension to install.',
-        type: 'string',
-      })
-      .option('path', {
-        describe: 'Path to a local extension directory.',
         type: 'string',
+        demandOption: true,
       })
       .option('ref', {
         describe: 'The git ref to install from.',
@@ -83,19 +81,15 @@ export const installCommand: CommandModule = {
         describe: 'Enable auto-update for this extension.',
         type: 'boolean',
       })
-      .conflicts('source', 'path')
-      .conflicts('path', 'ref')
-      .conflicts('path', 'auto-update')
       .check((argv) => {
-        if (!argv.source && !argv.path) {
+        if (!argv.source) {
-          throw new Error('Either source or --path must be provided.');
+          throw new Error('The source argument must be provided.');
         }
         return true;
       }),
   handler: async (argv) => {
     await handleInstall({
-      source: argv['source'] as string | undefined,
+      source: argv['source'] as string,
-      path: argv['path'] as string | undefined,
       ref: argv['ref'] as string | undefined,
       autoUpdate: argv['auto-update'] as boolean | undefined,
     });