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Unable to create a configuration file named `Pest.php`

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
laravel, php
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the installation documentation at https://pestphp.com/docs/installation and compare its ./vendor/bin/pest --init instruction with the available Pest CLI options shown in the issue. Update the documentation so the configuration-file setup matches the current command behavior, then verify that the documented steps are usable on Laravel 10.x.

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Description

Installing the pest on Laravel 10.x version by following the documentation: https://pestphp.com/docs/installation
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  • ✅ Installed the pest successfully
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  • ❌ Unable to generate the config file by ./vendor/bin/pest --init command:
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Further Investigation:

Check the available options: vendor/bin/pest --help | grep "init"

No --init option found:
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