Proxy commands --help/-h fails without a running emulator#392
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… emulator DEVX-1002 — these proxy commands use DisableFlagParsing, so --help/-h flowed through as ordinary args and got routed through the full provider-schema/ emulator-required path instead of straight to the underlying tool's help output. Add IsHelp checks (aws/cdk also recognize the bare "help" pseudo-subcommand; terraform does not, since `terraform help` is itself an error) and short-circuit to the real binary before any Docker/emulator setup.
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Summary
All the proxy commands (
aws,terraform,cdk, andsam) incorrectly check that the emulator is up and running, before invoking the "help" command. Instead, they should pass the--helpflag (or similar) directly to the underlying binary without the "emulator is running" check. In addition,terraformincorrectly requires that the current workspace already hadterraform initperformed. This creates an unnecessary amount of friction for users simply asking for help.This PR treats help flags/commands as special, and skips this requirement.
Completes DEVX-1002
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