Attention: the yargs parser can take more than one same parameter. It is processed such parameters as an Array of values. So Some of mwoffline parameters can be passed more than one time. These are: 'articleList', 'articleListToIgnore', 'addNamespaces'

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@pavel-karatsiuba Why no review is requested here? Are you over?

But I'm not happy with this PR for many reasons:

• I hardly understand the relation between this PR and the bug it should fix Duplicate in cmd line arguments are not checked (was: --verbose does not accept empty value) #1818
• If there is an architecture decision to take, I expect you to wait this is validated. Here you have taken on you to chose solution (1) which is IMO the wrong one. Why you don't have taken solution (2), which is the builtin solution (reading Disallow multiple arguments (array) for individual key yargs/yargs#1318 offers many ways)?
• Where have you read that any of these arguments --articleList, --articleListToIgnore, --addNamespaces allow multiple occurences? Are you mixing "multiple instances" with "comma separated values"?!
• AFAIK, there is only one argument which is legitim to be duplicated and this is --format... and this is written in the usage(): Each --format argument....
• In the test, why using execa which is super high level, expensive, etc... instead of the testing yargs with the right configuration?
• Error message Parameter ... can't take value "["https://bm.wikipedia.org","https://bm.wikipedia.org"] is cryptic for a non-tech user. You should write Parameter ... can only be used once.

• Duplicate in cmd line arguments are not checked (was: --verbose does not accept empty value) #1818 here you are using mw command. In the other PR I saw that mw is equal to ./node_modules/.bin/ts-node-esm ./src/cli.ts --adminEmail=kelson@kiwix.org --osTmpDir=/dev/shm --verbose --optimisationCacheUrl=http://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/?bucketName=org-kiwix-dev-mwoffliner&keyId=6JE56A5IWY5Z3H3L3KH6&secretAccessKey=.... So the problem is not about --verbose but about using --verbose twice.
• Those decisions are equal. But if I use duplicate-arguments-array option then doubled parameter will be silently ignored and used last from the command. My decision is to show the error if you use the same parameter twice.
• You are right. Only format parameter can be used more than one time. Because of this, we can't use duplicate-arguments-array option.
• Yes, such tests are not acceptable.
• I will change the message.

cli.ts is written in such a manner that it can't be tested partially. So before changing tests, the cli.ts should be redesigned. It should be split by a couple of files and inside cli.ts should be only executed one function.

@pavel-karatsiuba

• PR is still not assigned nor requested for review... I have basically no clue what is current status.
• Why not using the check()?
• Unit test sanitizeDoubleUsedParametersfunction not cli.ts
• Test the case which should not generate an error which is with many --format

The test was changed.

If I use .check() then we did not get any benefits. But we will get another format of the error message.
We can use .check() to sanitize all parameters, then the format of the error will be the same for all sanitizing errors. But this should be another ticket.