fix(install): should work with non-existent relative root (#21161)

Closes #21160

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/cli/args/flags.rs b/cli/args/flags.rs
index 4bad30140..96cd0bbfe 100644
--- a/cli/args/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/args/flags.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ pub struct InstallFlags {
   pub module_url: String,
   pub args: Vec<String>,
   pub name: Option<String>,
-  pub root: Option<PathBuf>,
+  pub root: Option<String>,
   pub force: bool,
 }
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ pub struct JupyterFlags {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct UninstallFlags {
   pub name: String,
-  pub root: Option<PathBuf>,
+  pub root: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -1762,7 +1762,6 @@ These must be added to the path manually if required.")
         Arg::new("root")
           .long("root")
           .help("Installation root")
-          .value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf))
           .value_hint(ValueHint::DirPath))
       .arg(
         Arg::new("force")
@@ -1822,7 +1821,6 @@ The installation root is determined, in order of precedence:
         Arg::new("root")
           .long("root")
           .help("Installation root")
-          .value_parser(value_parser!(PathBuf))
           .value_hint(ValueHint::DirPath))
 )
 }
@@ -3407,7 +3405,7 @@ fn info_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
 fn install_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
   runtime_args_parse(flags, matches, true, true);
 
-  let root = matches.remove_one::<PathBuf>("root");
+  let root = matches.remove_one::<String>("root");
 
   let force = matches.get_flag("force");
   let name = matches.remove_one::<String>("name");
@@ -3438,7 +3436,7 @@ fn jupyter_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
 }
 
 fn uninstall_parse(flags: &mut Flags, matches: &mut ArgMatches) {
-  let root = matches.remove_one::<PathBuf>("root");
+  let root = matches.remove_one::<String>("root");
 
   let name = matches.remove_one::<String>("name").unwrap();
   flags.subcommand = DenoSubcommand::Uninstall(UninstallFlags { name, root });
@@ -6361,7 +6359,7 @@ mod tests {
           name: Some("file_server".to_string()),
           module_url: "https://deno.land/std/http/file_server.ts".to_string(),
           args: svec!["foo", "bar"],
-          root: Some(PathBuf::from("/foo")),
+          root: Some("/foo".to_string()),
           force: true,
         }),
         import_map_path: Some("import_map.json".to_string()),