From ed801e1581cf2eacb3a8a28e2491df09e370929d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yang Jun <harttleharttle@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:16:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: restore --template CLI option

Revert the positional-only template change. Keep --template as the primary API; stdin template remains unsupported without a special error.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
---
 README.md                      |  2 +-
 bin/liquid.js                  |  4 ++--
 docs/source/tutorials/setup.md | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bdda8ace2..d3f638c5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ npm install liquidjs
 **CLI**
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context '{"name": "Liquid"}'
+npx liquidjs --template 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context '{"name": "Liquid"}'
 ```
 
 See the [setup guide][setup] for partials, layouts, caching, and other options.
diff --git a/bin/liquid.js b/bin/liquid.js
index 41d932037..ceb0fdfa0 100755
--- a/bin/liquid.js
+++ b/bin/liquid.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ async function render () {
   program
     .name('liquidjs')
     .description('Render a Liquid template')
-    .argument('<template>', 'liquid template to render (inline or @path to a file)')
+    .requiredOption('-t, --template <liquid | @path>', 'liquid template to render (inline or @path to a file)')
     .option('-c, --context <json | @path>', 'input context in JSON format (@- to read from stdin)')
     .option('-o, --output <path>', 'write rendered output to file (omit to write to stdout)')
     .option('--cache [size]', 'cache previously parsed template structures (default cache size: 1024)')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function render () {
     .parse()
 
   const options = program.opts()
-  const template = await resolveTemplate(program.args[0])
+  const template = await resolveTemplate(options.template)
   const context = await resolveContext(options.context)
   const liquid = new Liquid(options)
   const output = liquid.parseAndRenderSync(template, context)
diff --git a/docs/source/tutorials/setup.md b/docs/source/tutorials/setup.md
index 477bd1ba0..8db5f8f40 100644
--- a/docs/source/tutorials/setup.md
+++ b/docs/source/tutorials/setup.md
@@ -56,33 +56,33 @@ Pre-built UMD bundles are also available:
 LiquidJS can also be used to render a template directly from CLI using `npx`:
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs '{{"hello" | capitalize}}'
+npx liquidjs --template '{{"hello" | capitalize}}'
 ```
 
 You can either pass the template inline (as shown above) or you can read it from a file by using the `@` character followed by a path, like so:
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs @./some-template.liquid
+npx liquidjs --template @./some-template.liquid
 ```
 
 A context can be passed inline, from a path, or piped through `stdin`. The following three are equivalent:
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context '{"name": "Snake"}'
-npx liquidjs 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context @./some-context.json
-echo '{"name": "Snake"}' | npx liquidjs 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context @-
+npx liquidjs --template 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context '{"name": "Snake"}'
+npx liquidjs --template 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context @./some-context.json
+echo '{"name": "Snake"}' | npx liquidjs --template 'Hello, {{ name }}!' --context @-
 ```
 
 The rendered output is written to `stdout` by default, but you can also specify an output file (if the file exists, it will be overwritten):
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs '{{"hello" | capitalize}}' --output ./hello.txt
+npx liquidjs --template '{{"hello" | capitalize}}' --output ./hello.txt
 ```
 
 You can also pass a number of options to customize template rendering behavior. For example, the `--js-truthy` option can be used to enable JavaScript truthiness:
 
 ```bash
-npx liquidjs @./some-template.liquid --js-truthy
+npx liquidjs --template @./some-template.liquid --js-truthy
 ```
 
 Most of the [options available through the JavaScript API][options] are also available from the CLI. For help on available options, use `npx liquidjs --help`.