TypeError: option.match is not a function

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Environment details

• OS: windows
• Node.js version: 24.11.0 (can also be triggered through node v22)
• npm version: 11.6.2
• release-please version: 17.1.3
• PowerShell version: 7.5.4

Steps to reproduce

1. ? release-please release-pr --repo-url https://github.com/microsoft/openapi.net --token $TORKEN --dry-run (in powershell, notice I made a mistake in the variable name and it's NOT defined

Logs

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\build\src\util\coerce-option.js:21
    if (option.match(/[\\/]/)) {
               ^

TypeError: option.match is not a function
    at coerceOption (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\build\src\util\coerce-option.js:21:16)
    at C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\build\src\bin\release-please.js:65:59
    at C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:4778
    at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
    at C (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:4576)
    at _.handleValidationAndGetResult (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:8966)
    at _.applyMiddlewareAndGetResult (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:9604)
    at _.runCommand (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:7231)
    at [runYargsParserAndExecuteCommands] (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:58539)
    at te.parse (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\nvm\v24.11.0\node_modules\release-please\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:1:40478)

The condition here should be within the try-catch

release-please/src/util/coerce-option.ts

Line 20 in 6a9ddb7

if (option.match(/[\\/]/)) {

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