Bug: anvil --config-out anvil.json upon completion starts anvil

[sambacha]

Component

Anvil

Have you ensured that all of these are up to date?

• Foundry
• Foundryup

What version of Foundry are you on?

No response

What command(s) is the bug in?

anvil --config-out anvil.json

Operating System

No response

Describe the bug

when running

usr:~ $ anvil --config-out anvil.json

I expect anvil to output the config to the json file, then quit. Anvil will correctly output to the json file, then it will actually start. I expect anvil not to start when running this command.

[mattsse]

this was the issue #1718
and was added here #1854

I see that this makes it impossible to only get the config without starting it, if we separate running/dumping config it would mean that running + getting config is now a 2step process.

I am not sure what disadvantages this would have or what would be the best solution here, don't have strong feelings about this.

The question may be why you only want to get the json config and not start it.

[sambacha]

fair enough, i just thought it odd that generating a config would also start it, just making sure this is intended behavior, we can close this.