From 897c5f67c80d1f729cc0caa8d896feeabffd63f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amin Yahyaabadi <aminyahyaabadi74@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 17:34:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add async execRoot

---
 packages/exec-powershell/src/index.ts |  2 +-
 packages/sudo-tools/src/index.ts      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/exec-powershell/src/index.ts b/packages/exec-powershell/src/index.ts
index 5e70618c..2fe2cb89 100644
--- a/packages/exec-powershell/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/exec-powershell/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import which from "which"
 let powershell: string | undefined
 
 /**
- * Execute a powershell command.
+ * Asynchronously execute a powershell command.
  *
  * @param command The powershell command to execute
  * @param startupFlags The optional startup flags to be passed to powershell.
diff --git a/packages/sudo-tools/src/index.ts b/packages/sudo-tools/src/index.ts
index f0fd3d8d..022abef7 100644
--- a/packages/sudo-tools/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sudo-tools/src/index.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,20 @@ export function execRootSync(
     return execa.sync(program, args, execOptions)
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronously execute a command as root if sudo is available. Otherwise executes the command normally without sudo.
+ *
+ * @param program The program to spawn
+ * @param args The command arguments
+ * @param execOptions The options passed to `execa`.
+ *
+ *   Defaults to `{ stdio: "inherit" }`
+ */
+export function execRoot(program: string, args: string[] = [], execOptions: execa.Options = { stdio: "inherit" }) {
+  if (isSudo()) {
+    return execa.command(`sudo ${[program, ...args].map((arg) => `'${arg}'`).join(" ")}`, execOptions)
+  } else {
+    return execa(program, args, execOptions)
+  }
+}