paritytech/hardhat-polkadot

refactor constructCommandArgs

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#279 opened on Aug 14, 2025

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📝 Description

The function constructCommandArgs is used every time a user interacts with hardhat. It accepts arguments from cli and hardhat.config. It should only accept one set of arguments and cli + config parameters should be resolved before i.e. cli.port ?? config.port (cli commands take precedence) in function interface. It should look like zksync constructCommandArgs. The logic inside the function is simpler with just if (parameter) then push command. Should be applied to nodeCommands.push and adapterCommands.push

🤔 Motivation

The constructCommandArgs is quite error prone, difficult to debug and it is the most crucial functional in our plugin.

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Inspect the current constructCommandArgs function in packages/hardhat polkadot node/src/utils.ts and compare with the zksync reference in packages/hardhat zksync node/src/utils.ts. Refactor to accept unified arguments from cli and config, resolving precedence before the function call. Simplify logic by using conditional pushes for nodeCommands and adapterCommands.
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