From 1b17517969251e7fe4a9c236d888121bb52112cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:32:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scripts): reject short flag closeout values

---
 scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs       |  2 +-
 .../verify-stable-main-closeout.test.ts       | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.test.ts

diff --git a/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs b/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs
index 03069921152..f0b9cf6e0df 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function parseArgs(argv) {
       throw new Error(`unexpected argument: ${key}`);
     }
     const value = argv[index + 1];
-    if (!value || value.startsWith("--")) {
+    if (!value || value.startsWith("-")) {
       throw new Error(`${key} requires a value.`);
     }
     values.set(key.slice(2), value);
diff --git a/test/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.test.ts b/test/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8dbf49ac7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Verify Stable Main Closeout tests cover stable closeout CLI behavior.
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+function runCli(...args: string[]) {
+  return spawnSync(process.execPath, ["scripts/verify-stable-main-closeout.mjs", ...args], {
+    cwd: path.resolve("."),
+    encoding: "utf8",
+  });
+}
+
+describe("verify-stable-main-closeout", () => {
+  it("rejects option-shaped values before checking required arguments", () => {
+    const result = runCli("--tag", "-h");
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(result.stdout).toBe("");
+    expect(result.stderr.trim()).toBe("--tag requires a value.");
+  });
+});