Function unknownFlagTokens

cmd/root.go:455–464

unknownFlagTokens returns the flag tokens in rawArgs that cmd does not define (on itself, inherited, or any direct subcommand). installUnknownSubcommandGuard whitelists unknown flags on pure groups so a mistyped subcommand still reaches the suggestion path; the side effect is that flags before a sub

(cmd *cobra.Command, rawArgs []string)

// swallowed. This recovers the genuinely-unknown ones so the caller can name
// them in a "did you mean" envelope.
func unknownFlagTokens(cmd *cobra.Command, rawArgs []string) []string {
	var unknown []string
	for _, a := range flagTokensInArgs(rawArgs) {
		name := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimLeft(a, "-"), "=", 2)[0]
		if name != "" && !flagDefinedInTree(cmd, name) {
			unknown = append(unknown, a)
		}
	}
	return unknown
}

// flagKnownOnGroup reports whether name is a flag defined on cmd itself or
// inherited (a global persistent flag like --profile) — i.e. valid on the bare