From 0fd81faabb3de5b48a8a9909d8198f55c94f05c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Harrington <84741727+harr1424@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:09:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] improve mutual exclusion check for create with emails and
 password

---
 apps/cli/src/tools/send/commands/create.command.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/cli/src/tools/send/commands/create.command.ts b/apps/cli/src/tools/send/commands/create.command.ts
index ade6547821b..268ff862d4f 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/tools/send/commands/create.command.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/src/tools/send/commands/create.command.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ export class SendCreateCommand {
     const emails = req.emails ?? options.emails ?? undefined;
     const maxAccessCount = req.maxAccessCount ?? options.maxAccessCount;
 
-    if (emails !== undefined && password !== undefined) {
+    const hasEmails = emails != null && emails.length > 0;
+    const hasPassword = password != null && password.trim().length > 0;
+
+    if (hasEmails && hasPassword) {
       return Response.badRequest("--password and --emails are mutually exclusive.");
     }