From 9d86e5bc6fe381c3cf780b2deb3ddb917795a87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Wang <jake.wang@argonlabs.tech>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:17:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix inverse bool flag counting with an external counter

---
 flag_bool_with_inverse.go      |  7 ++-----
 flag_bool_with_inverse_test.go | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flag_bool_with_inverse.go b/flag_bool_with_inverse.go
index d57225dc17..da45e54f85 100644
--- a/flag_bool_with_inverse.go
+++ b/flag_bool_with_inverse.go
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ func (bif *BoolWithInverseFlag) inversePrefix() string {
 }
 
 func (bif *BoolWithInverseFlag) PreParse() error {
-	count := bif.Config.Count
-	if count == nil {
-		count = &bif.count
-	}
 	dest := bif.Destination
 	if dest == nil {
 		dest = new(bool)
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ func (bif *BoolWithInverseFlag) PreParse() error {
 	*dest = bif.Value
 	bif.value = &boolValue{
 		destination: dest,
-		count:       count,
+		count:       bif.Config.Count,
 	}
 
 	// Validate the given default or values set from external sources as well
@@ -153,6 +149,7 @@ func (bif *BoolWithInverseFlag) Set(name, val string) error {
 		}
 		bif.nset = true
 	}
+	bif.count++
 
 	if bif.Validator != nil {
 		return bif.Validator(bif.value.Get().(bool))
diff --git a/flag_bool_with_inverse_test.go b/flag_bool_with_inverse_test.go
index bb9849cae9..895c33d7ec 100644
--- a/flag_bool_with_inverse_test.go
+++ b/flag_bool_with_inverse_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -572,3 +573,33 @@ func TestBoolWithInverseFlagStringNoPanicWithNoTabStringer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected String() to contain the flag name, got %q", got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBoolWithInverseFlagCount(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, externalCount := range []bool{false, true} {
+		for _, onlyOnce := range []bool{false, true} {
+			for _, name := range []string{"--env", "--no-env", "-e", "--no-e"} {
+				t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("external=%v/onlyOnce=%v/%s", externalCount, onlyOnce, name), func(t *testing.T) {
+					const initialCount = 7
+					count := initialCount
+					fl := &BoolWithInverseFlag{Name: "env", Aliases: []string{"e"}, OnlyOnce: onlyOnce}
+					if externalCount {
+						fl.Config.Count = &count
+					}
+					cmd := &Command{Flags: []Flag{fl}, Writer: io.Discard, ErrWriter: io.Discard}
+					err := cmd.Run(buildTestContext(t), []string{"prog", name, name})
+					wantCount := 2
+					if onlyOnce {
+						require.ErrorContains(t, err, "can't duplicate this flag")
+						wantCount = 1
+					} else {
+						require.NoError(t, err)
+					}
+					require.Equal(t, wantCount, fl.Count())
+					if externalCount {
+						require.Equal(t, initialCount+wantCount, count)
+					}
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}