Merge pull request #4951 from theethernaut/parse-before-extendenv

Create env before args are parsed
NomicFoundation · Mar 15, 2024 · fa1d2b1 · fa1d2b1
2 parents 739553e + 7876104
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diff --git a/.changeset/dull-pigs-pay.md b/.changeset/dull-pigs-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"hardhat": patch
+---
+
+Initialize the Hardhat Runtime Environment before passing the command line arguments.
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/cli/cli.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/cli/cli.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@ async function main() {
     const taskDefinitions = ctx.tasksDSL.getTaskDefinitions();
     const scopesDefinitions = ctx.tasksDSL.getScopesDefinitions();
 
+    const env = new Environment(
+      resolvedConfig,
+      hardhatArguments,
+      taskDefinitions,
+      scopesDefinitions,
+      envExtenders,
+      ctx.experimentalHardhatNetworkMessageTraceHooks,
+      userConfig,
+      providerExtenders
+    );
+
+    ctx.setHardhatRuntimeEnvironment(env);
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
     let { scopeName, taskName, unparsedCLAs } =
       argumentsParser.parseScopeAndTaskNames(
@@ -304,19 +317,6 @@ async function main() {
       );
     }
 
-    const env = new Environment(
-      resolvedConfig,
-      hardhatArguments,
-      taskDefinitions,
-      scopesDefinitions,
-      envExtenders,
-      ctx.experimentalHardhatNetworkMessageTraceHooks,
-      userConfig,
-      providerExtenders
-    );
-
-    ctx.setHardhatRuntimeEnvironment(env);
-
     try {
       const timestampBeforeRun = new Date().getTime();