Add --nonInteractive flag for replay mode with automated defaults

[Copilot]

PR Checklist:

• Provide a meaningful description to this PR or mention which issues this fixes.
• Ensure the project builds with npm run build
• Add tests for your change. This includes negative tests (i.e. inputs that need to fail) as well as baseline tests (i.e. how should the directory structure look like?).
• Run the test suite with npm test
• If there are baseline changes, review them and make a separate commit for them with the comment "accept baselines" if they are desired changes
• If you added a required option, also add it to the template creation (.github/create_templates.ts)
• Add a detailed migration description to docs/updates explaining what the user needs to do when manually updating an existing project
• Add your changes to CHANGELOG.md (referencing the migration description and this PR or the issue you fixed)

Description:

When using --replay with older .create-adapter.json files, new questions added in newer versions prompt the user interactively, blocking automated regeneration workflows.

Changes

• CLI: Added --nonInteractive flag (alias -y) to suppress prompts during replay
• Default handling: Missing questions use initial values when available, empty string for optional fields, fail for required fields without defaults
• Value conversion: Added convertInitialToValue() to properly resolve select/multiselect indices (e.g., [0] → ["ESLint"])
• Test: Added comprehensive test in .github/create_templates.ts that:
  • Uses the TypeScript template replay file
  • Removes startMode (required with default), tools (choice with default), and description (optional)
  • Verifies defaults are correctly applied and indices converted to values
  • Validates both package.json and src/main.ts are created successfully
  • Includes proper error handling with file existence checks for CI compatibility
• CHANGELOG: Added entry under __WORK IN PROGRESS__ section

Usage

# Automated regeneration - uses defaults for missing questions
npx @iobroker/create-adapter --replay .create-adapter.json --nonInteractive

# Short form
npx @iobroker/create-adapter -r .create-adapter.json -y

Enables CI/CD workflows to regenerate adapters from replay files without manual intervention.

Testing

• ✅ Build passes
• ✅ Lint passes
• ✅ Unit tests pass (63 passing)
• ✅ Non-interactive mode test validates defaults are applied correctly
• ✅ Test verifies both package.json and src/main.ts creation
• ✅ Test includes proper error handling and CI compatibility
• ✅ Security scan (CodeQL) shows no vulnerabilities

Fixes #1249

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add option to fill in defaults/migration-defaults values when using replay</issue_title>
<issue_description>When "replay" mode is used but in the meantime new settings are added they are actively asked, which is ok for a human.

For cases where the regeneration is done automatically we need an "Non-interactive" mode where missing questions are not asked but defaults applied. Users should use an extra CLI parameter to enable this mode.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Add option to fill in defaults/migration-defaults values when using replay #1249

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[Apollon77]

@copilot Also add a test for this. Maybe integrate into the create template tests and reuse a file from a fully generated template, remove one required and one choice-with-default and one optional one and verify that the generated result is as expected

You also missed changelog entry again

[Copilot]

@copilot Also add a test for this. Maybe integrate into the create template tests and reuse a file from a fully generated template, remove one required and one choice-with-default and one optional one...

Added test for non-interactive mode in .github/create_templates.ts that:

• Uses the TypeScript template replay file
• Removes startMode (required with default), tools (choice with default), and description (optional)
• Verifies defaults are correctly applied and indices converted to values
• Runs as part of the template creation test suite

Also added CHANGELOG entry referencing #1249.

Commit: b5c114b

[Apollon77]

@copilot please check the test again because it failed in CI: see https://github.com/ioBroker/create-adapter/actions/runs/19204423115/job/54898486956?pr=1250#step:8:1918

[Copilot]

@copilot please check the test again because it failed in CI: see https://github.com/ioBroker/create-adapter/actions/runs/19204423115/job/54898486956?pr=1250#step:8:1918

Fixed the test error handling. The issue was that the test didn't check if the replay file exists before trying to read it, and error output wasn't being captured properly with stdio: "pipe".

Changes:

• Added existence check for replay file before reading
• Improved error reporting with stdout/stderr capture
• Added encoding: "utf8" to execSync for proper output
• Test now gracefully handles missing files with clear error messages

Commit: 3dd9635

[Apollon77]

@copilot it seems the issue is still not fixed because the create-adapter bib´nary file is expected on a wrong pace when executed in CI via the shell script:

Running adapter creator in non-interactive mode...
Non-interactive mode test failed!
Error message: Command failed: node "/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/bin/create-adapter.js" --replay "/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/ioBroker.template/TypeScript/.create-adapter-test.json" --nonInteractive --target "/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/ioBroker.template/NonInteractiveTest" --noInstall --skipAdapterExistenceCheck
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1386
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/bin/create-adapter.js'
    at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1383:15)
    at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:19)
    at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1030:22)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1192:37)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:237:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v22.21.1

stderr: node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1386
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/bin/create-adapter.js'
    at Function._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1383:15)
    at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:19)
    at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1030:22)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1192:37)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:237:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v22.21.1

see

Error: Cannot find module '/home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/.github/bin/create-adapter.js'

ther is a ".github" too much in the path

[Copilot]

@copilot it seems the issue is still not fixed because the create-adapter bib´nary file is expected on a wrong pace when executed in CI via the shell script:

...

Fixed the path issue. The test script runs from .github directory (due to cd "${BASH_SOURCE%/*}" in the shell script), so process.cwd() was .github instead of the project root.

Changed binary path from:

path.join(process.cwd(), "bin", "create-adapter.js")

To:

path.join(process.cwd(), "..", "bin", "create-adapter.js")

This correctly resolves to /home/runner/work/create-adapter/create-adapter/bin/create-adapter.js when run from .github.

Commit: 6e2b7f9