From 090b2873ac70091a7e5ad8182913152696d6b29f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:11:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli/new: add deprecation warning for global config via cli
 args

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
index 62b746a7a8..df495323f5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/new/new.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export default async (opts: ArgOptions) => {
     option: rawArgOptions,
     select: preselectedTemplateId,
     scope,
+    private: isPrivate,
     ...otherGlobals
   } = opts;
 
@@ -46,13 +47,22 @@ export default async (opts: ArgOptions) => {
     pluginInfix = scope.includes('backstage') ? 'plugin-' : 'backstage-plugin-';
   }
 
+  if (
+    isPrivate === false || // set to false with --no-private flag
+    Object.values(otherGlobals).filter(Boolean).length !== 0
+  ) {
+    console.warn(
+      `Global template configuration via CLI flags is deprecated, see https://backstage.io/docs/cli/new for information on how to configure package templating`,
+    );
+  }
+
   await createNewPackage({
     prefilledParams,
     preselectedTemplateId,
     configOverrides: {
       license: otherGlobals.license,
       version: otherGlobals.baseVersion,
-      private: otherGlobals.private,
+      private: isPrivate,
       publishRegistry: otherGlobals.npmRegistry,
       packageNamePrefix: packagePrefix,
       packageNamePluginInfix: pluginInfix,