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Inquirer "when" got empty "answers" #16

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  .ask({
    type: 'confirm',
    name: 'bacon',
    message: 'Do you like bacon?'
  })
  .ask({
    type: 'input',
    name: 'favorite',
    message: 'Bacon lover, what is your favorite type of bacon?',
    when: function(answers) {
      console.log(answers) // BUG: get {}, expected { bacon: true | false }
      return answers.bacon;
    }
  })

Inquirer "when" got empty "answers" because recli run every question as separate inquirer sequence

You can push questions to separate array config.questions and run all questions in one inquirer sequence before tasks

Full example

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