Nested env variables do not get parsed

[aldo-roman]

Current behavior:
Cypress does not parse object env variables. Example:

// none of these gets parsed
export CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS=mochaFile=path/to/report.xml
export CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS='mochaFile=path/to/report.xml'
export CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS=mochaFile='path/to/report.xml'
export CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS={'mochaFile':'path/to/report.xml'}

This happens because the getProcessEnvVars function expects only string or boolean values:

cypress/packages/server/lib/config.coffee

Lines 583 to 588 in 44c0416

	getProcessEnvVars: (obj = {}) ->
	_.reduce obj, (memo, value, key) ->
	if isCypressEnvLike(key)
	memo[removeEnvPrefix(key)] = coerce(value)
	memo
	, {}

cypress/packages/server/lib/util/coerce.js

Lines 10 to 18 in 44c0416

	module.exports = function (value) {
	const num = _.toNumber(value)
	const bool = toBoolean(value)
	return _
	.chain([num, bool])
	.find(isValue(value))
	.defaultTo(value)
	.value()

Expected behavior
Parse nested env variables, similar to what is done for args

cypress/packages/server/lib/util/args.js

Line 112 in 680a2fc

const sanitizeAndConvertNestedArgs = function (str) {

[GMchris]

I ran into this problem as well. I'm not sure what the idea behind it is, however I'm currently JSON.stringify-ing my objects to sidestep it. I'm curious whether this is intentional or not.

[jennifer-shehane]

Closing as duplicate of #1736

[jordandlaman]

I am wondering why this was closed as a duplicate of #1736 as this specifically pertains to how CYPRESS_* vars get parsed when setting CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS when #1736 pertains to deeply nested values in the plugins section? Have tested this in 4.11.0 when #1736 was merged in and using CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS from the command line is still a no go.

[jennifer-shehane]

For more complex configuration objects, you may want to consider passing a JSON.stringified object surrounded by single quotes.

CYPRESS_REPORTER_OPTIONS='{"mochaFile":"path/to/report.xml}'

plugins/index.js

module.exports = (on, config) => {
  console.log(config) // see what all is in here!
  
  // return config
  return config
}