[ERROR] String.prototype.split called on null or undefined

[ryangrahamnc]

On a fresh install (when using a tool I made using plop), I'm getting the above error when an action is about to run.
I was able to mess with things to get a stacktrace:

TypeError: String.prototype.split called on null or undefined
    at split (<anonymous>)
    at travel (file:///Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:20:10)
    at Object.get (file:///Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:27:20)
    at PromptUI.filterIfRunnable (file:///Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:159:9)
    at doInnerSub (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/operators/mergeInternals.ts:71:15)
    at outerNext (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/operators/mergeInternals.ts:53:58)
    at OperatorSubscriber.OperatorSubscriber._this._next (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/operators/OperatorSubscriber.ts:70:13)
    at OperatorSubscriber.Subscriber.next (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/Subscriber.ts:75:12)
    at <anonymous> (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/operators/mergeInternals.ts:85:24)
    at OperatorSubscriber.OperatorSubscriber._this._next (/Users/ryan/.npm/_npx/08e24d347c8d5920/node_modules/rxjs/src/internal/operators/OperatorSubscriber.ts:70:13)

It looks like its because this inquire.js v9 commit removed the default of '' for the path:
SBoudrias/Inquirer.js@ec78662
I dont know if that was on purpose. I also haven't checked into the full trace to see which function plop is calling.

I figure there's a few possible options to get this working:

• Bug the inquire.js dev to fix a problem in a version that he considers to be legacy. dunno how that would go, but the commit seems to violate semver, so maybe he'll agree its a mistake.
• Pass in a blank string if we think we'll pass null/undefined. Idk where the call is though, so maybe plop doesnt have the ability to influence the call
• Update to the v10 release of inquire.js. IDK if theres compatibility issues though, or if this will even fix the issue
• Hardcode the old inquire.js version in the package.json ("inquirer": "9.3.5")

In the meantime, I've been able to bypass the problem by adding an override into my own tool's package.json:

"overrides": {
    "node-plop": {
        "inquirer": "9.3.5"
    }
},

[rmarquois]

Thanks for your feeedback! It helps me a lot.

In my case I added this in my package.json :

  "resolutions": {
    "inquirer": "9.3.5"
  },

[kastov]

Thanks a lot!

[exact01]

thanks

[litzebauer]

I created a generator that is executed through npx. It doesn't seem like either "overrides" or "resolutions" is respected by npx so I'm still getting the error String.prototype.split called on null or undefined

[tit]

Thank you!

"overrides": {
    "node-plop": {
        "inquirer": "9.3.5"
    }
},

Work for me

[jesusCamOn]

I created a generator that is executed through npx. It doesn't seem like either "overrides" or "resolutions" is respected by npx so I'm still getting the error String.prototype.split called on null or undefined

I got the same problem. In this case I solved it adding inquirer 9.3.5 as peer dependency.
"peerDependencies": { "inquirer": "9.3.5" }

[arodik]

I rolled back plop in my project to the latest v3 version

[AllanOricil]

Thank you!

"overrides": {
    "node-plop": {
        "inquirer": "9.3.5"
    }
},

Work for me

this worked

[awhitford]

In my case, I added this to my package.json:

  "pnpm": {
    "overrides": {
      "inquirer": "9.3.5"
    }