subconscious-cli 4.0.10 → 4.0.11

package/README.md

@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ leaving the TUI.
 `subc help` and `subc --help` continue to print script-friendly command help.
 Non-interactive `subc` also prints regular help.
 
+Print the installed CLI version without performing an update or gateway check:
+
+```bash
+subc --version
+subc -v
+```
+
 Every command accepts `help` as a subcommand. These only read the selected
 profile; they do not authenticate, install, configure, or launch anything:
 

package/bin/cli.js

@@ -226,13 +226,22 @@ function requireNamedProfile(profile) {
 }
 
 async function main() {
-  const update = await showUpdateNotice();
-  if (update?.action === 'updated' || update?.action === 'cancel') return;
-
   let parsed = extractProfile(process.argv.slice(2));
   let { args, profileName, profileExplicit } = parsed;
   let command = args[0];
 
+  // Version output must be fast and reliable even when npm or the gateway is
+  // unavailable, so handle it before the automatic update check.
+  if (command === '--version' || command === '-v') {
+    const pkgPath = new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url);
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(pkgPath, 'utf-8'));
+    console.log(pkg.version);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const update = await showUpdateNotice();
+  if (update?.action === 'updated' || update?.action === 'cancel') return;
+
   if (!command && process.stdin.isTTY === true && process.stdout.isTTY === true && process.env.TERM !== 'dumb') {
     const selection = await runTui({ profileName });
     if (!selection?.args?.length) return;
@@ -261,13 +270,6 @@ async function main() {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (command === '--version' || command === '-v') {
-    const pkgPath = new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url);
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(pkgPath, 'utf-8'));
-    console.log(pkg.version);
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (command === 'setup') {
     printRetiredSetup(args.slice(1));
     process.exitCode = 1;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "subconscious-cli",
-  "version": "4.0.10",
+  "version": "4.0.11",
   "description": "CLI for Subconscious — run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, Cursor, Copilot, and Pi",
   "bin": {
     "subc": "bin/cli.js"
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "build:tui:host": "node scripts/build-tui.js --host",
     "test": "node --test",
     "test:tui": "go -C tui test ./...",
-    "prepack": "npm run build:tui"
+    "prepack": "npm run build:tui",
+    "prepublishOnly": "node scripts/require-publish-script.js"
   },
   "files": [
     "bin"