config list Not Showing Global target-dev-hub value

[RCMoonpie]

Summary

After configuring a local value via config set --target-dev-hub, and also a global value for --target-dev-hub, executing sf config list only shows the Local.

Steps To Reproduce

• Execute sf config set target-dev-hub=ALIAS

  Name            Value  Success
  --------------  -----  -------
  target-dev-hub  ALIAS  true
  

• Execute sf config list

  Name            Location  Value
  target-dev-hub  Local     ALIAS
  

• Execute sf config set --global target-dev-hub=ALIAS

  Name            Value  Success
  --------------  -----  -------
  target-dev-hub  ALIAS  true
  

Expected result

Execute sf config list

Name            Location  Value
target-dev-hub  Global    ALIAS
target-dev-hub  Local     ALIAS

Actual result

Execute sf config list

Name            Location  Value
target-dev-hub  Local     ALIAS

System Information

Using Windows VS Code 1.81.0 Powershell 5.1 terminal.

{
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/2.5.8",
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v18.17.0",
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.19045",
  "shell": "cmd.exe",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Programs Portable\\node-v18.17.0-win-x64\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\cli",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 2.3.6 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.22 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.2.17 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.37 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 3.2.6 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 0.0.22 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.1.32 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.3.8 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.48 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.2.30 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 2.5.8 (core)",
    "apex 2.3.10 (core)",
    "auth 2.8.12 (core)",
    "data 2.5.6 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 1.17.5 (core)",
    "info 2.6.39 (core)",
    "limits 2.3.30 (core)",
    "login 1.2.26 (core)",
    "org 2.10.0 (core)",
    "schema 2.3.23 (core)",
    "settings 1.4.25 (core)",
    "sobject 0.2.4 (core)",
    "source 2.10.31 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.3.0 (core)",
    "templates 55.5.10 (core)",
    "trust 2.6.1 (core)",
    "user 2.3.28 (core)"
 ]
}

Additional information

• The --help for config list states (emphasis added)
  "Global configuration variables apply to any Salesforce DX project and are always displayed. If you run this command from a project directory, local configuration variables are also displayed."

  It is understood that local configurations are used over global ones. However, it is immensely helpful to know if you have a global configuration set at all -- whether it is the same or a different value.

• Occurred originally on sf cli 2.2.7. Updated to latest stable release of 2.5.8 and the same thing occurred.

• Searched open & closed issues using global config and "config list", but saw nothing that seemed to be the same. (Closest was 2426, but it does not appear to be the same.)

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[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-14047109

[shetzel]

This is working as designed in terms of the command behavior, which displays the config values that are applied based on the current context. We will update the docs to make it more clear.

[shetzel]

@RCMoonpie - if we added a --all flag to this command and displayed all config settings, would that be helpful? Would you use it?

[jshackell-sfdc]

This issue is fixed in CLI version 2.14.6 (Oct 25, 2023).