Fix for double characters due to inquirer package:

.eslintrc.js

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
 	],
 	"parserOptions": {
 		"sourceType": "module",
-		"ecmaVersion": 2018
+		"ecmaVersion": 2022
 	},
 	"plugins": [
 		"node",

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "deps": "npm-check -u",
     "lint": "eslint src/**/*.js -c .eslintrc.js",
     "dev:init": "node ./bin/moleculer init project tmp",
-    "test": "jest --config jest.config.js --detectOpenHandles --forceExit"
+    "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --config jest.config.js --detectOpenHandles --forceExit"
   },
   "bin": {
     "moleculer": "./bin/moleculer.js"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "exeq": "^3.0.0",
     "glob": "^7.2.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
-    "inquirer": "^7.3.3",
+    "inquirer": "^9.2.7",
     "kleur": "^4.1.4",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "metalsmith": "^2.3.0",
@@ -35,19 +35,20 @@
     "moleculer": "^0.14.19",
     "moleculer-repl": "^0.7.2",
     "multimatch": "^4.0.0",
-    "nats": "^2.4.0",
+    "nats": "^2.15.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "update-notifier": "^5.1.0",
     "yargs": "^15.4.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "coveralls": "^3.1.1",
-    "eslint": "^8.6.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.43.0",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^5.1.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-security": "^1.4.0",
-    "jest": "^27.4.7",
-    "jest-cli": "^27.4.7",
+    "jest": "^29.5.0",
+    "jest-cli": "^29.5.0",
+    "npm-check": "^6.0.1",
     "yargs-promise": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "repository": {

src/alias-template/index.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const os = require("os");
 
-const inquirer = require("inquirer");
+const inquirerModule = (async () => (await import("inquirer")).default)();
 const kleur = require("kleur");
 const { fail } = require("../utils");
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ let values = {
  *
  * @param {any} opts
  */
-function handler(opts) {
+async function handler(opts) {
+	const inquirer = await inquirerModule;
 	Object.assign(values, opts);
 
 	const configPath = path.join(os.homedir(), ".moleculer-templates.json");

src/create/service/index.js

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
-const inquirer = require("inquirer");
+const inquirerModule = (async () => (await import("inquirer")).default)();
 const render = require("consolidate").handlebars.render;
-const glob = require("glob").sync;
-const ui = new inquirer.ui.BottomBar();
 const { fail } = require("../../utils");
 
-
 module.exports = async (opts) => {
+	const inquirer = await inquirerModule;
+	const ui = new inquirer.ui.BottomBar();
 	const values = Object.assign({}, opts);
 	const _typescript = values.typescript ? true : false;
 	const name = opts._[2];

src/init/index.js

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const async = require("async");
 const mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
 const exeq = require("exeq");
 const download = require("download-git-repo");
-const inquirer = require("inquirer");
+const inquirerModule = (async () => (await import("inquirer")).default)();
 const multimatch = require("multimatch");
 const render = require("consolidate").handlebars.render;
 const Metalsmith = require("metalsmith");
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper("raw-helper", (options) => options.fn());
  * @param {any} opts
  * @returns
  */
-function handler(opts) {
+async function handler(opts) {
+	const inquirer = await inquirerModule;
 	Object.assign(values, opts);
 
 	//console.log("Values:", values);

test/e2e/create/service/create.spec.js

@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 const YargsPromise = require("yargs-promise");
 const yargs = require("yargs");
-const inquirer = require("inquirer");
+const inquirerModule = (async () => (await import("inquirer")).default)();
 const path = require("path");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const create = require("../../../../src/create");
 const answers = require("./create_answers.json");
 const answers_ts = require("./create_answers_ts.json");
-const tmp =  path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../../tmp");
+const tmp = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../../../tmp");
+let inquirer;
 
 describe("test create", () => {
 	beforeAll(() => {
 		if (!fs.existsSync(tmp)) {
 			fs.mkdirSync(tmp,{mode: 0o777});
 		}
 	});
+
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		jest.mock("inquirer");
+		inquirer = await inquirerModule;
+		inquirer.prompt = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(answers);
+	});
+
 	afterEach(() => {
 		jest.clearAllMocks();
 	});
@@ -30,8 +38,6 @@ describe("test create", () => {
 			`./mocks/${answers.serviceName}.service.js`
 		);
 
-		jest.mock("inquirer");
-		inquirer.prompt = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(answers);
 		yargs
 			.usage("Usage: $0 <command> [options]")
 			.version()
@@ -64,8 +70,6 @@ describe("test create", () => {
 			`./mocks/${answers.serviceName}.service.ts`
 		);
 
-		jest.mock("inquirer");
-		inquirer.prompt = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(answers);
 		yargs
 			.usage("Usage: $0 <command> [options]")
 			.version()