chore(deps): bump commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3

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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

Sourced from commander's releases.

v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from commander's changelog.

[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from commander's changelog.

[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from commander's changelog.

[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from commander's changelog.

[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

Sourced from commander's changelog.

[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

Release notes

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

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[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

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[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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Bumps commander from 12.1.0 to 14.0.3.

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v14.0.3

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

v14.0.2

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.1

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

v14.0.0

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher -level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following option s/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher
• internal refactor of Help class adding .formatItemList() and .groupItems() methods (#2328)

... (truncated)

Changelog

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[14.0.3] (2026-01-31)

Added

• Release Policy document (#2462)

Changes

• old major versions now supported for 12 months instead of just previous major version, to give predictable end-of-life date (#2462)
• clarify typing for deprecated callback parameter to .outputHelp() (#2427)
• simple readability improvements to README (#2465)

[14.0.2] (2025-10-25)

Changed

• improve negative number auto-detection test (#2428)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.1] (2025-09-12)

Fixed

• broken markdown link in README (#2369)

Changed

• improve code readability by using optional chaining (#2394)
• use more idiomatic code with object spread instead of Object.assign() (#2395)
• improve code readability using string.endsWith() instead of string.slice() (#2396)
• refactor .parseOptions() to process args array in-place (#2409)
• change private variadic support routines from ._concatValue() to ._collectValue() (change code from array.concat() to array.push()) (#2410)
• update (dev) dependencies

[14.0.0] (2025-05-18)

Added

• support for groups of options and commands in the help using low-level .helpGroup() on Option and Command, and higher-level .optionsGroup() and .commandsGroup() which can be used in chaining way to specify group title for following options/commands (#2328)
• support for unescaped negative numbers as option-arguments and command-arguments (#2339)
• TypeScript: add parseArg property to Argument class (#2359)

Fixed

• remove bogus leading space in help when option has default value but not a description (#2348)
• .configureOutput() now makes copy of settings instead of modifying in-place, fixing side-effects (#2350)

Changed

• Breaking: Commander 14 requires Node.js v20 or higher

... (truncated)

Commits

• 8247364 14.0.3
• e281fe3 Update docs for 14.0.3 (#2474)
• 7357dda Separate out a more detailed release policy document (#2462)
• b6e2e3a Bump eslint from 9.39.1 to 9.39.2 (#2470)
• d6f63a7 Bump ts-jest from 29.4.5 to 29.4.6 (#2467)
• 2a9768a Bump prettier from 3.6.2 to 3.7.4 (#2466)
• 9211918 docs(README): Tweak formatting, punctuation for clarity (#2465)
• 4208a96 Bump typescript-eslint from 8.46.2 to 8.48.0 (#2458)
• 03308ce Bump eslint-plugin-jest from 29.0.1 to 29.2.1 (#2457)
• 4d2db1f Bump globals from 16.4.0 to 16.5.0 (#2456)
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