fix(cli): recognise the --pm long alias when extracting template flags

src/utils/extract-template-option-flags.ts

@@ -62,13 +62,16 @@ function findKnownOption(command: Command, arg: string) {
   const shortFlag = arg.startsWith('-') && !arg.startsWith('--') ? arg.slice(0, 2) : undefined
   return command.options.find(
     (option) =>
-      (longFlag !== undefined && option.long === longFlag) || (shortFlag !== undefined && option.short === shortFlag),
+      (longFlag !== undefined && (option.long === longFlag || option.short === longFlag)) ||
+      (shortFlag !== undefined && option.short === shortFlag),
   )
 }
 
 function hasInlineValue(longFlag: string | undefined, shortFlag: string | undefined, arg: string): boolean {
   if (longFlag !== undefined && arg.startsWith('--')) {
-    return arg.startsWith(`${longFlag}=`)
+    // The arg may use a long alias (e.g. `--pm`) whose token differs from the
+    // option's canonical long, so detect the inline value on the arg itself.
+    return arg.includes('=')
   }
   return shortFlag !== undefined && arg.startsWith(shortFlag) && arg !== shortFlag
 }

test/extract-template-option-flags.test.ts

@@ -59,4 +59,29 @@ describe('extractTemplateOptionFlags', () => {
       extractTemplateOptionFlags(command(), ['node', 'create-solana-dapp', 'my-app', '--engine=ollama']),
     ).toThrow('Template options must be boolean long flags')
   })
+
+  it('preserves a long alias flag and its space-separated value', () => {
+    // Commander stores the alias of a two-long-token option
+    // (`--pm, --package-manager`) in `option.short`, so the alias must still be
+    // recognised as a known option rather than treated as a template flag.
+    const commandWithPm = () =>
+      new Command().argument('[name]').option('--pm, --package-manager <package-manager>').option('--skip-install')
+    const argv = ['node', 'create-solana-dapp', 'my-app', '--pm', 'pnpm']
+
+    expect(extractTemplateOptionFlags(commandWithPm(), argv)).toEqual({
+      argv: ['node', 'create-solana-dapp', 'my-app', '--pm', 'pnpm'],
+      templateOptions: [],
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('detects an inline value written with a long alias flag', () => {
+    const commandWithPm = () =>
+      new Command().argument('[name]').option('--pm, --package-manager <package-manager>').option('--skip-install')
+    const argv = ['node', 'create-solana-dapp', 'my-app', '--pm=pnpm', '--ollama']
+
+    expect(extractTemplateOptionFlags(commandWithPm(), argv)).toEqual({
+      argv: ['node', 'create-solana-dapp', 'my-app', '--pm=pnpm'],
+      templateOptions: ['ollama'],
+    })
+  })
 })