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Error message "FATAL: Input parameter is required."

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the oad compare oldspec newspec command and inspect the command entry point and argument handling. Trace why the two supplied specification arguments produce “FATAL: Input parameter is required.” Done means the command accepts both inputs and reports the comparison result or a more actionable validation error.

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Description

When I run the tool with "oad compare oldspec newspec" I get the error: "FATAL: Input parameter is required." I turned up logging to but was not able to get any helpful information. Any ideas?

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