}
			return retval
		},
		PersistentPreRunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
			// istioctl kube-inject is typically redirected to a .yaml file;
			// the default for log messages should be stderr, not stdout
			root := c.Root()
			if root != nil {
				_ = c.Root().PersistentFlags().Set("log_target", "stderr")
			}
			if c.Parent() != nil && c.Parent().PersistentPreRunE != nil {