#20842 pants `dependencies` and `dependents` goals with `--format=json` don't respect `--output-file` Issue created by yjabri Describe the bug

pants dependencies --output-file=dependencies.json --format=json ...

should output dependencies to the specified file. It currently just prints to the console. Pants version v2.20 OS both Additional info Looks like

dependents

is also impacted by this bug. The fix looks simple enough. In

list_dependencies_as_json

and

list_dependents_as_json

we should replace

console.print_stdout(output)

with

with dependents_subsystem.line_oriented(console) as print_stdout:
        print_stdout(output)

I can put together a PR for this. pantsbuild/pants