-gc flag does not work

[ejoebstl]

Expected Behavior

-gc flag should be accepted by ts_node, as discussed here.

Actual Behavior

Fails to parse param.

ts-node -gc script.ts
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ts-node/node_modules/arg/index.js:92
						throw err;
						^

Error: Unknown or unexpected option: -g
    at arg (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ts-node/node_modules/arg/index.js:90:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ts-node/dist/bin.js:13:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3)

Minimal reproduction

touch script.ts
ts-node -gc script.ts

Specifications

ts-node v8.3.0
node v10.18.1
compiler v3.9.5

Operating system and version: Linux archlinux 5.7.2-arch1-1

[cspotcode]

This is working as intended. We no longer attempt to spawn a child node process and pass it node flags.

If you need to pass extra flags to the node process, you can invoke node directly, telling it to load ts-node/register.

See also:
https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#programmatic

Closing for now, because I think this adequately explains why it's working as intended. We can reopen as needed.

[ejoebstl]

Thank you for the clarification. I was not aware of the changes.