commands: Print the "deploy not available" error message even if flags provided

Fixes #13012

3 files changed, 35 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/commands/deploy.go b/commands/deploy.go
index f9c22be48..eb419daba 100644
--- a/commands/deploy.go
+++ b/commands/deploy.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deploy"
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deploy/deployconfig"
 
 	"github.com/bep/simplecobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -47,17 +46,7 @@ documentation.
 			return deployer.Deploy(ctx)
 		},
 		withc: func(cmd *cobra.Command, r *rootCommand) {
-			cmd.ValidArgsFunction = cobra.NoFileCompletions
-			cmd.Flags().String("target", "", "target deployment from deployments section in config file; defaults to the first one")
-			_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("target", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
-			cmd.Flags().Bool("confirm", false, "ask for confirmation before making changes to the target")
-			cmd.Flags().Bool("dryRun", false, "dry run")
-			cmd.Flags().Bool("force", false, "force upload of all files")
-			cmd.Flags().Bool("invalidateCDN", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.InvalidateCDN, "invalidate the CDN cache listed in the deployment target")
-			cmd.Flags().Int("maxDeletes", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.MaxDeletes, "maximum # of files to delete, or -1 to disable")
-			_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("maxDeletes", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
-			cmd.Flags().Int("workers", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.Workers, "number of workers to transfer files. defaults to 10")
-			_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("workers", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
+			applyDeployFlags(cmd, r)
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/commands/deploy_flags.go b/commands/deploy_flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4326547a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/deploy_flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deploy/deployconfig"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func applyDeployFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, r *rootCommand) {
+	cmd.ValidArgsFunction = cobra.NoFileCompletions
+	cmd.Flags().String("target", "", "target deployment from deployments section in config file; defaults to the first one")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("target", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("confirm", false, "ask for confirmation before making changes to the target")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("dryRun", false, "dry run")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("force", false, "force upload of all files")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("invalidateCDN", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.InvalidateCDN, "invalidate the CDN cache listed in the deployment target")
+	cmd.Flags().Int("maxDeletes", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.MaxDeletes, "maximum # of files to delete, or -1 to disable")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("maxDeletes", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
+	cmd.Flags().Int("workers", deployconfig.DefaultConfig.Workers, "number of workers to transfer files. defaults to 10")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("workers", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
+}
diff --git a/commands/deploy_off.go b/commands/deploy_off.go
index 7eb6429c5..32a08da2e 100644
--- a/commands/deploy_off.go
+++ b/commands/deploy_off.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func newDeployCommand() simplecobra.Commander {
 			return errors.New("deploy not supported in this version of Hugo; install a release with 'withdeploy' in the archive filename or build yourself with the 'withdeploy' build tag. Also see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/12995")
 		},
 		withc: func(cmd *cobra.Command, r *rootCommand) {
+			applyDeployFlags(cmd, r)
 			cmd.Hidden = true
 		},
 	}