fix(variables): drop --no-vars from projects:create and env:create

Variables are never required: without a terminal a create with no
variable source sends an empty list and asks nothing, and on a terminal
a bare Enter at "Add environment variables" now skips it. --no-vars
only skipped that one checklist, so it goes, with the noVarsAlone rule
and the noVars request field. Passing it is now oclif's unknown-flag
error with exit 2.

AGENTS.md and the README follow. The .talismanrc checksums are
refreshed for every changed file the pre-push Talisman scan flags (file
names, flag names and the words secret/token in prose; no secret).

#claude_code#
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Sakshi Koli <sakshi.koli@contentstack.com>

Author: 3 people

.talismanrc

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
     - "'SECRET=hunter2'"
     - "formFieldKey"
 - filename: test/integration/projects-create.test.ts
-  checksum: 4826ca20f0c7fe1f23b82598ceed0a374199e2bb8b604b676efcf720244ff961
+  checksum: c567d31fb18d0910410ce455c0a1b2f8ce6c8d46038396ec813ef73bd5fb8105
 - filename: test/fixtures/README.md
   checksum: d801c84c8b7d7f38f967573e9a3a70da4405b7cbcbf10d2a6e5be3d65fb3daa1
   allowed_patterns:
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
     - "a project name passed on argv to the project resolver"
     - "expect\\(Object.keys\\(DEPENDENCIES\\)\\).toEqual\\(\\['project', 'env'\\]\\)"
 - filename: AGENTS.md
-  checksum: ba37b6b17d97940a6f7d5e69a531796ab0ee5b6859a9cd5cbdec56e4b7731b26
+  checksum: 3379e8c597c8306e7377e60667f7df6e599e45e289928bc88b217356aa43feb1
   allowed_patterns:
     - "Do not add an exemption to a guard to make a new file pass"
     - "passes its own error wording to `client.request\\(req, MESSAGES\\)`"
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: test/guards/layering.test.ts
   checksum: 55893e6e919b1e462afc989110cb9360e38aa18d06de932587beaa9006042639
 - filename: src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts
-  checksum: 9c40b4b6ed4f7d678ecb921a71f5af7284cd685c1337f47144456ae43a38b1ad
+  checksum: 2c407c366f2a1da2647fc6eb7e6ad1bb8cbe3c7f901090432ab0e27df2e5d4d6
 - filename: src/commands/launch/projects/delete.test.ts
   checksum: d67d8a804d14f9b809153d10b0cf9d5e52b70f9e0b65678ebb1663a7d2da22c1
 - filename: test/integration/projects-delete.test.ts
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: test/credential-guard.setup.ts
   checksum: 519ccbeb0552fdb1d5f27308c56477c0258ee6cc0adec8f618e8e5bc047cbf6d
 - filename: src/environments/types.ts
-  checksum: 6c054295075e51e9ce0f4514ebdc86a48bb74db9932a2baaa9f9158e9c14c6e8
+  checksum: 2825d0e70757022e518465b134878b8cc8f9eccaf4e9ad088d73a31b9a35a826
 - filename: src/commands/launch/env/get.test.ts
   checksum: 6e739ef12bc0d887e652e23ee54d9fac30dd6a3505cf464cdaefc0e696cf3e51
 - filename: test/integration/environments-delete.test.ts
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/commands/launch/env/update.test.ts
   checksum: 2da219594e7bdd589adc0eff9ff035252a75aaa51dfa20514b18fd3266d7b752
 - filename: README.md
-  checksum: 112b973a24e59f79786df1b85b83ea35b1e355c52a8cbf3b28d98511959c60c8
+  checksum: d955f95b66f10259eb2ddbe1935a67ce3c7f3a28187f0398e0af39ff75267c01
   allowed_patterns:
     - "password-protection"
     - "-p, --password"
     - "-u, --username"
 - filename: test/integration/environments-create.test.ts
-  checksum: 0c64a4408d3c150a33c442403688d1e1d058f415cfdba704e372455927daa7e4
+  checksum: 538527a26bc002aa21319aa615c9a9f00aaed494d0bdefc8db75c0eff3f8ec54
 - filename: src/commands/launch/variables/list.test.ts
   checksum: 87ccb762f4931326fc50bca1c01aeb4a16d552e4dfa141d00370fdfafa4363be
 - filename: src/commands/launch/variables/set.test.ts
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/stacks/stacks.api.ts
   checksum: d59622ca6411b93d5469a1895b08ccde4b9cd83fbb909c82076ea70d74b5e1e4
 - filename: src/variables/variable.chooser.ts
-  checksum: c776a4184eb1819055622784bc6f3342b67bc1babdca0cdbbe72a4a871cc2498
+  checksum: 767bbcee93b0c10c5c9d0b526ce57770cc6323be52d8a4cc1c0452c880b5ab8e
 - filename: src/variables/variable.create.test.ts
-  checksum: c888e2a4aca9c6855c79d743368387aeb0ab5db907beca8bef1113bc05a5260d
+  checksum: a2650ca8e081afcf76c801d20e2df4baa96f814d1513080ba24971db0ae3a1bf
 - filename: src/variables/variable.dotenv.test.ts
   checksum: c3d5e33189736bb42b7c4fac7375cf0307681b34feca4830b49331f55a130f78
 - filename: src/variables/variable.dotenv.ts
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ fileignoreconfig:
 - filename: src/variables/variable.files.test.ts
   checksum: d8b0efd6bb448c4d501ba52c47119b352ef29d6b5b66cec0e7d373a0ce91a36c
 - filename: src/variables/variable.inputs.test.ts
-  checksum: c434fd7f32ab0bd17db8f214ba54861b7d8ae8d8481dbbc1978f9dab35fd2429
+  checksum: 4b3b9a6c353d099a65ef8f522cff8e46e5c0edbf66bcdb59e0d6dd4f87c78c84
 - filename: src/variables/variable.inputs.ts
-  checksum: 050b93e158a1ff29f309f1531b085aa9f0327b47a8029038356869b2864531b2
+  checksum: 0f572a86e0c0edbe707882df623a3a7f69715572812ae655eb6aa5e4579b496b
 - filename: src/variables/variable.merge.test.ts
   checksum: 581a5cc5d9d23223643bd461525c6755205ebf16f33ae7388c8e88de19461fbf
 - filename: src/variables/variable.merge.ts

AGENTS.md

@@ -361,10 +361,9 @@ than return a truncated list.
 `projects:create` and `env:create` take `--var` and `--dotenv` and reach the same resolver through
 `EnvironmentBuilder`, which asks last - after Contentstack Authentication, where V1 asked - with no auto-detection.
 With neither flag it offers a checkbox over the sources plus `Skip adding environment variables`, which cannot be
-combined with the others; without a terminal it sends an empty list. `--no-vars` is the flag form of that Skip
-choice, so a fully flagged create on a terminal asks nothing: it sends an empty list without the checkbox. Combined
-with `--var`, `--dotenv` or `--from-stack` it is a usage error from the `noVarsAlone` rule rather than oclif's
-`exclusive`, whose `--help` usage line would show those three sources excluding each other.
+combined with the others; a bare Enter with nothing ticked skips the same way, and without a terminal it sends an
+empty list. There is no `--no-vars` flag: variables are never required, so a fully flagged create on a terminal
+stops only at that checkbox, and a pipe or CI run skips it.
 
 **`--from-stack` and `--alias`.** `--from-stack` is a bare flag on `variables:set`, `projects:create` and
 `env:create`; `--alias <name>` (`-a`) names a delivery token saved with `csdx auth:tokens:add`, and is a usage error

README.md

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ USAGE
   $ csdx launch:env:create [-c <value>] [-d <value>] [--org <value>] [--project <value>] [--name <value>]
     [--description <value>] [--branch <value>] [--framework <value>] [--build-cmd <value>] [--server-cmd <value>]
     [--output-dir <value>] [--res-mode <value>] [--auto-deploy <value>] [--cs-auth <value>] [--var <value>...] [--dotenv
-    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>] [--no-vars]
+    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>]
 
 FLAGS
   -a, --alias=<value>        Alias of a delivery token saved with csdx auth:tokens:add, used with --from-stack without a
@@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ FLAGS
       --from-stack           Import the variables of a Contentstack stack. Asks for the stack and a delivery token on a
                              terminal
       --name=<value>         Environment name (200 characters or fewer)
-      --no-vars              Create the environment with no variables, without asking for them on a terminal
       --org=<value>          Organization UID
       --output-dir=<value>   Output directory
       --project=<value>      Project name or UID
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ USAGE
   $ csdx launch:projects:create [-c <value>] [-d <value>] [--org <value>] [--type <value>] [--name <value>] [--description
     <value>] [--env-name <value>] [--branch <value>] [--framework <value>] [--build-cmd <value>] [--server-cmd <value>]
     [--output-dir <value>] [--res-mode <value>] [--auto-deploy <value>] [--cs-auth <value>] [--var <value>...] [--dotenv
-    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>] [--no-vars]
+    <value>...] [--from-stack] [-a <value>]
 
 FLAGS
   -a, --alias=<value>        Alias of a delivery token saved with csdx auth:tokens:add, used with --from-stack without a
@@ -630,7 +629,6 @@ FLAGS
       --from-stack           Import the variables of a Contentstack stack. Asks for the stack and a delivery token on a
                              terminal
       --name=<value>         Project name (200 characters or fewer)
-      --no-vars              Create the environment with no variables, without asking for them on a terminal
       --org=<value>          Organization UID
       --output-dir=<value>   Output directory
       --res-mode=<value>     Response mode (buffered | streaming)

src/commands/launch/env/create.test.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { catalog, resolution } from '../../../resources';
 import { DEPLOYMENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { EnvironmentCreator } from '../../../environments/environment.create';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 import EnvironmentsCreate from './create';
 
 function commandUnderTest(resolved: Record<string, unknown>) {
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ describe('launch:env:create', () => {
       dotenv: {},
       'from-stack': {},
       alias: {},
-      'no-vars': {},
     });
     expect(Object.keys(EnvironmentsCreate.flags).sort()).toEqual(Object.keys(EnvironmentsCreate.inputs).sort());
-    expect(EnvironmentsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone]);
+    expect(EnvironmentsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack]);
   });
 
   it('describes --name and --description as the environment its own, leaving the project wording alone', () => {

src/commands/launch/env/create.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { flagsFor, inputs } from '../../../core/inputs';
 import { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { EnvironmentCreator } from '../../../environments/environment.create';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate, withEnvironmentWording } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 
 const createInputs = inputs({
   org: { required: true },
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const createInputs = inputs({
   dotenv: {},
   'from-stack': {},
   alias: {},
-  'no-vars': {},
 });
 
 export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInput
 
   static flags = withEnvironmentWording(flagsFor(createInputs));
 
-  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone];
+  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack];
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const resolved = this.resolved;
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export default class EnvironmentsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInput
       envFiles: resolved['dotenv'],
       fromStack: resolved['from-stack'],
       alias: resolved.alias,
-      noVars: resolved['no-vars'],
     });
   }
 }

src/commands/launch/projects/create.test.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { DEPLOYMENT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_MS } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 import { ProjectCreator } from '../../../projects/project.create';
 
 type WatchTiming = ReturnType<typeof defaultWatchTiming>;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('launch:projects:create', () => {
   });
 
   it('declares only the framework gate as a rule, leaving GitHub-only flags on FileUpload to a confirmation', () => {
-    expect(ProjectsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone]);
+    expect(ProjectsCreate.rules).toEqual([serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack]);
   });
 
   it('declares every flag it reads and requires only the organization', () => {
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ describe('launch:projects:create', () => {
       'dotenv',
       'from-stack',
       'alias',
-      'no-vars',
     ]);
     expect(Object.keys(ProjectsCreate.flags).sort()).toEqual(Object.keys(ProjectsCreate.inputs).sort());
     expect(

src/commands/launch/projects/create.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { flagsFor, inputs } from '../../../core/inputs';
 import { defaultWatchTiming } from '../../../deployments/deployment.watcher';
 import { serverCommandFrameworkGate } from '../../../environments/environment.inputs';
 import { ProjectCreator } from '../../../projects/project.create';
-import { aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
+import { aliasRequiresFromStack } from '../../../variables/variable.rules';
 
 const createInputs = inputs({
   org: { required: true },
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const createInputs = inputs({
   dotenv: {},
   'from-stack': {},
   alias: {},
-  'no-vars': {},
 });
 
 export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
 
   static flags = flagsFor(createInputs);
 
-  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack, noVarsAlone];
+  static rules = [serverCommandFrameworkGate, aliasRequiresFromStack];
 
   async run(): Promise<void> {
     const resolved = this.resolved;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ export default class ProjectsCreate extends LaunchCommand<typeof createInputs> {
       envFiles: resolved['dotenv'],
       fromStack: resolved['from-stack'],
       alias: resolved.alias,
-      noVars: resolved['no-vars'],
     });
   }
 }

src/environments/environment.builder.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ export class EnvironmentBuilder {
         envFiles: request.envFiles,
         fromStack: request.fromStack,
         alias: request.alias,
-        noVars: request.noVars,
         dataDir: request.dataDir ?? '.',
       },
       this.services,

src/environments/types.ts

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ export interface EnvironmentRequest {
   envFiles?: string[];
   fromStack?: boolean;
   alias?: string;
-  noVars?: boolean;
   framework?: FrameworkPreset;
   buildCmd?: string;
   outputDir?: string;

src/variables/variable.create.test.ts

@@ -96,15 +96,6 @@ describe('variable create', () => {
     expect(printed).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it('returns nothing on a terminal with --no-vars, asking nothing, reading nothing and printing nothing', async () => {
-    const { services, io, asked, reads, printed } = fakes({ files: { '/work/.env': 'X=1' } });
-
-    expect(await variablesForCreate({ ...NONE, noVars: true }, services, io)).toEqual([]);
-    expect(asked).toEqual([]);
-    expect(reads).toEqual([]);
-    expect(printed).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
   it('treats empty flag lists as no flags', async () => {
     const { services, io, asked } = fakes({ answers: { 'Add environment variables': [SKIP] } });