From be66525a1cb0f031befd26e72e33c6a6b4cf3722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sushant Nariangadu <nsushant2007@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:25:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(repl): Dot commands not working.

This commit fixes the parsing error that shows when using `dot` commands in the REPL.

It fixes this by preventing the passing of the `dot` commands to the JS parser.
---
 cli/src/helper.rs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/src/helper.rs b/cli/src/helper.rs
index 8cc8893240a..a0c44584788 100644
--- a/cli/src/helper.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helper.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ impl Validator for RLHelper {
         &self,
         context: &mut ValidationContext<'_>,
     ) -> Result<ValidationResult, ReadlineError> {
+        // Dot commands are handled by the REPL loop, not the JS parser.
+        if context.input().trim_start().starts_with('.') {
+            return Ok(ValidationResult::Valid(None));
+        }
+
         let mut parser = boa_parser::Parser::new(Source::from_bytes(context.input()));
         if self.strict {
             parser.set_strict();