From a03981d21ddeb067496990c8c01154a38caa9ae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Barboza <jbarboza@ca.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:28:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] "--" after "-e <script>"  means end-of-options

When the double dash "--" appears after "-e <script>" on the
command line, it indicates the end of options and the beginning
of positional parameters for the script.
---
 doc/api/cli.md                 | 11 +++++++++-
 doc/node.1                     |  8 +++++++
 src/node.cc                    |  3 +++
 test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 8436754f5b84c0..cfc8583b75a159 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ To view this documentation as a manual page in your terminal, run `man node`.
 
 ## Synopsis
 
-`node [options] [v8 options] [script.js | -e "script"] [arguments]`
+`node [options] [v8 options] [script.js | -e "script"] [--] [arguments]`
 
 `node debug [script.js | -e "script" | <host>:<port>] …`
 
@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@ added: v0.11.15
 
 Specify ICU data load path. (overrides `NODE_ICU_DATA`)
 
+### `--`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Indicate the end of node options. Pass the rest of the arguments to the script.
+If no script filename or eval/print script is supplied prior to this, then 
+the next argument will be used as a script filename.
+
 ## Environment Variables
 
 ### `NODE_DEBUG=module[,…]`
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index fd92451202fdda..3340ebe1a4b850 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ node \- Server-side JavaScript runtime
 .RI [ script.js \ |
 .B -e
 .RI \&" script \&"]
+.B [--]
 .RI [ arguments ]
 .br
 .B node debug
@@ -184,6 +185,13 @@ used to enable FIPS-compliant crypto if Node.js is built with
 .BR \-\-icu\-data\-dir =\fIfile\fR
 Specify ICU data load path. (overrides \fBNODE_ICU_DATA\fR)
 
+.TP
+.BR \-\-\fR
+Indicate the end of node options. Pass the rest of the arguments to the script.
+
+If no script filename or eval/print script is supplied prior to this, then 
+the next argument will be used as a script filename.
+
 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 
 .TP
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 609f61a4b9aa88..3b695e8de25172 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3697,6 +3697,9 @@ static void ParseArgs(int* argc,
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--expose-internals") == 0 ||
                strcmp(arg, "--expose_internals") == 0) {
       // consumed in js
+    } else if (strcmp(arg, "--") == 0) {
+      index += 1;
+      break;
     } else {
       // V8 option.  Pass through as-is.
       new_v8_argv[new_v8_argc] = arg;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
index 3eb821958539af..260acdb0d6f90a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ const child = require('child_process');
 const path = require('path');
 const nodejs = `"${process.execPath}"`;
 
+if (process.argv.length > 2) {
+  console.log(process.argv.slice(2).join(' '));
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 // Assert that nothing is written to stdout.
 child.exec(`${nodejs} --eval 42`, common.mustCall((err, stdout, stderr) => {
   assert.ifError(err);
@@ -133,3 +138,38 @@ child.exec(`${nodejs} --use-strict -p process.execArgv`,
   assert.strictEqual(proc.stderr, '');
   assert.strictEqual(proc.stdout, 'start\nbeforeExit\nexit\n');
 }
+
+[ '-arg1',
+  '-arg1 arg2 --arg3',
+  '--',
+  'arg1 -- arg2',
+].forEach(function(args) {
+
+  // Ensure that arguments are successfully passed to eval.
+  const opt = ' --eval "console.log(process.argv.slice(1).join(\' \'))"';
+  const cmd = `${nodejs}${opt} -- ${args}`;
+  child.exec(cmd, common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout, args + '\n');
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(err, null);
+  }));
+
+  // Ensure that arguments are successfully passed to print.
+  const popt = ' --print "process.argv.slice(1).join(\' \')"';
+  const pcmd = `${nodejs}${popt} -- ${args}`;
+  child.exec(pcmd, common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout, args + '\n');
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(err, null);
+  }));
+
+  // Ensure that arguments are successfully passed to a script.
+  // The first argument after '--' should be interpreted as a script
+  // filename.
+  const filecmd = `${nodejs} -- ${__filename} ${args}`;
+  child.exec(filecmd, common.mustCall(function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout, args + '\n');
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(err, null);
+  }));
+});