From e6eb455f241cc4940ddf394287b7d59276304a64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Wyatt <wyatt.mike@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:40:54 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] feedback changes

---
 .changes/add-optional-args-cli.md |  5 +++++
 plugins/cli/src/lib.rs            | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changes/add-optional-args-cli.md

diff --git a/.changes/add-optional-args-cli.md b/.changes/add-optional-args-cli.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d4db171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/add-optional-args-cli.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"cli": minor
+---
+
+Added `tauri_plugin_cli::matches_from`. This can be combined with the `args` passed to the callback of `tauri_plugin_single_instance` to parse  the command line arguments passed to subsequent instances of the application.
diff --git a/plugins/cli/src/lib.rs b/plugins/cli/src/lib.rs
index df9fe75c..e927a348 100644
--- a/plugins/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ pub use parser::{ArgData, Matches, SubcommandMatches};
 pub struct Cli<R: Runtime>(PluginApi<R, Config>);
 
 impl<R: Runtime> Cli<R> {
-    pub fn matches(&self, args: Option<Vec<String>>) -> Result<parser::Matches> {
-        parser::get_matches(self.0.config(), self.0.app().package_info(), args)
+    pub fn matches(&self) -> Result<parser::Matches> {
+        parser::get_matches(self.0.config(), self.0.app().package_info(), None)
+    }
+
+    pub fn matches_from(&self, args: Vec<String>) -> Result<parser::Matches> {
+        parser::get_matches(self.0.config(), self.0.app().package_info(), Some(args))
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ impl<R: Runtime, T: Manager<R>> CliExt<R> for T {
 
 #[tauri::command]
 fn cli_matches<R: Runtime>(_app: AppHandle<R>, cli: State<'_, Cli<R>>) -> Result<parser::Matches> {
-    cli.matches(None::<Vec<String>>)
+    cli.matches()
 }
 
 pub fn init<R: Runtime>() -> TauriPlugin<R, Config> {