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Improve the execa.command() documentation #317

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions index.d.ts
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Expand Up @@ -407,6 +407,8 @@ declare const execa: {

If the file or an argument contains spaces, they must be escaped with backslashes. This matters especially if `command` is not a constant but a variable, for example with `__dirname` or `process.cwd()`. Except for spaces, no escaping/quoting is needed.

The `shell` option must be used if the `command` uses shell-specific features, as opposed to being a simple `file` followed by its `arguments`.

@param command - The program/script to execute and its arguments.
@returns A [`child_process` instance](https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_class_childprocess), which is enhanced to also be a `Promise` for a result `Object` with `stdout` and `stderr` properties.

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions readme.md
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Expand Up @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Same as [`execa()`](#execafile-arguments-options) except both file and arguments

If the file or an argument contains spaces, they must be escaped with backslashes. This matters especially if `command` is not a constant but a variable, for example with `__dirname` or `process.cwd()`. Except for spaces, no escaping/quoting is needed.

The [`shell` option](#shell) must be used if the `command` uses shell-specific features, as opposed to being a simple `file` followed by its `arguments`.

### execa.commandSync(command, [options])

Same as [`execa.command()`](#execacommand-command-options) but synchronous.
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