From b78929516df3f87d2717862ca1f84d707b86465b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobbyonmagic <bobbyonmagic@bobbyiliev.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:31:00 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] digest --dry-run without --email prints the digest (v0.2.1)

There is nothing to send without --email, so failing on --dry-run only got in
the way of trying the command.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FRYkaYp9vFJjWBjAQdjnQ4
---
 CHANGELOG.md        |  4 ++++
 package-lock.json   |  4 ++--
 package.json        |  2 +-
 src/digest.ts       |  5 ++---
 src/version.ts      |  2 +-
 test/digest.test.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a961fe..9823dd2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.1] - 2026-10-16
+
+- `digest --dry-run` without `--email` prints the digest instead of failing: there is nothing to send.
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-10-16
 
 - `digest` builds a digest of popular, discussed, tag, search, For You or bookmarked posts, and prints it as Markdown, text or HTML.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 98d0970..e9698ba 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@devopsdaily/dailydev-cli",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@devopsdaily/dailydev-cli",
-      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "version": "0.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "dailydev": "dist/bin.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c26fa15..d5541ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@devopsdaily/dailydev-cli",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "Read daily.dev from your terminal: your feed, popular posts, search, comments and bookmarks, with --json for scripts and agents. Unofficial.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/digest.ts b/src/digest.ts
index ff7a171..f36967e 100644
--- a/src/digest.ts
+++ b/src/digest.ts
@@ -125,9 +125,8 @@ function readDigest(opts: Opts, args: string[], env: Record<string, string | und
 
   const emails = Array.isArray(opts.email) ? (opts.email as string[]) : typeof opts.email === "string" ? [opts.email] : undefined;
   if (!emails) {
-    for (const name of ["from", "dry-run"]) {
-      if (opts[name] !== undefined) return fail(`--${name} is only used with --email.`);
-    }
+    // Without --email nothing is sent anyway, so --dry-run just prints the digest.
+    if (opts.from !== undefined) return fail("--from is only used with --email.");
     // With --schedule, --json is for the schedule and --format for the scheduled command.
     if (opts.format !== undefined && opts.json && !opts.schedule) return fail("Give --format or --json, not both.");
     return { plan };
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 4821736..b45249e 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // Kept in step with package.json by the release check.
-export const VERSION = "0.2.0";
+export const VERSION = "0.2.1";
diff --git a/test/digest.test.ts b/test/digest.test.ts
index 0e96d12..c5a145f 100644
--- a/test/digest.test.ts
+++ b/test/digest.test.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@ describe("digest --email", () => {
     expect(h.out() + h.err()).not.toMatch(/smtpfa|SMTPFAST/i);
   });
 
+  it("prints the digest for --dry-run without --email, since there is nothing to send", async () => {
+    const h = harness();
+    const plain = harness();
+    expect(await h.exec(["digest", "--tags", "kubernetes", "--dry-run"])).toBe(0);
+    expect(await plain.exec(["digest", "--tags", "kubernetes"])).toBe(0);
+    expect(h.out()).toBe(plain.out());
+    expect(h.out() + h.err()).not.toMatch(/smtpfa|SMTPFAST/i);
+  });
+
   it("shows the subject, recipients and posts on a dry run, and sends nothing", async () => {
     const h = harness();
     expect(await h.exec([...emailArgs, "--dry-run"], sendEnv())).toBe(0);
@@ -466,7 +475,6 @@ describe("digest --email", () => {
       ["digest", "--email", Array.from({ length: 101 }, (_, i) => `u${i}@team.dev`).join(","), "--from", "digest@team.dev"],
       ["digest", "--email", "me@team.dev", "--from", "digest@team.dev", "--format", "html"],
       ["digest", "--from", "digest@team.dev"],
-      ["digest", "--dry-run"],
       ["digest", "--format", "pdf"],
       ["digest", "--format", "html", "--json"],
       ["digest", "nope"],