WP-CLI warning: version command redeclares global --debug option

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
85/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
cli

Research direction

Read the OPTIONS docblock in src/Cli/Commands/Version.php and check how the version command handles WP-CLI's global --debug option. Remove the redundant declaration while preserving the existing debug output behavior; verify that loading BackWPup with a WP-CLI command such as wp plugin list no longer emits the warning.

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Description

Environment
  • BackWPup 5.7.8
  • WordPress 7.1.4
  • PHP 8.5.12
  • WP-CLI nightly 3.0.0-alpha-79914d9
Steps to reproduce
  1. Activate BackWPup.
  2. Run a WP-CLI command that loads active plugins, for example wp plugin list, using the nightly version above.
Actual behavior

The following warning is printed:

Warning: The `backwpup version` command is registering an argument '--debug' that conflicts with a global argument of the same name.

The warning also appears during unrelated commands, repeatedly adding noise to automated maintenance logs.

Running the command with --skip-plugins=backwpup removes the warning.

Expected behavior

BackWPup's CLI commands should register without warnings while retaining support for WP-CLI's global debugging option.

Likely cause

The OPTIONS docblock in src/Cli/Commands/Version.php explicitly declares [--debug], although WP-CLI already provides this option globally.

Please remove the redundant declaration while preserving the existing debug output behavior.

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