From 519030cae946f9a5b8218d0883aba0c7a0353b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Brouwer <1647525+eabrouwer3@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:43:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Prevent need for double escaping strings

---
 actions/start.action.ts | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/actions/start.action.ts b/actions/start.action.ts
index de6572b62..5dbc9a692 100644
--- a/actions/start.action.ts
+++ b/actions/start.action.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,13 @@ export class StartAction extends BuildAction {
     let childProcessArgs: string[] = [];
     const argsStartIndex = process.argv.indexOf('--');
     if (argsStartIndex >= 0) {
-      childProcessArgs = process.argv.slice(argsStartIndex + 1);
+      // Prevents the need for users to double escape strings
+      // i.e. I can run the more natural
+      //   nest start -- '{"foo": "bar"}'
+      // instead of
+      //   nest start -- '\'{"foo": "bar"}\''
+      childProcessArgs = process.argv.slice(argsStartIndex + 1)
+        .map(arg => JSON.stringify(arg));
     }
     outputFilePath =
       outputFilePath.indexOf(' ') >= 0 ? `"${outputFilePath}"` : outputFilePath;