diff --git a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/ExecContext.py b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/ExecContext.py
index 0fab4a89..dd6a62fc 100644
--- a/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/ExecContext.py
+++ b/src/python/jw/pkg/lib/ExecContext.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
                 cmd_input: str|None,
                 wd: str|None,
                 log_prefix: str,
-                interactive: bool|None,
                 throw: bool,
                 verbose: bool
             ) -> None:
@@ -47,13 +46,29 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
             delim_len = 120
             self.__delim += '-' * max(0, delim_len - len(self.__delim))
             self.__cmd = cmd
-            self.__cmd_input = cmd_input
             self.__wd = wd
             self.__log_prefix = log_prefix
-            self.__interactive = interactive if interactive is not None else (
-                       cmd_input == "mode:interactive"
-                    or (cmd_input == "mode:auto" and sys.stdin.isatty())
-                )
+
+            # -- At the end of this dance, interactive needs to be either True
+            # or False
+            interactive: bool|None = None
+            match cmd_input:
+                case 'mode:interactive':
+                    interactive = True
+                case 'mode:non-interactive':
+                    interactive = False
+                case 'mode:opt-interactive':
+                    interactive = parent.interactive
+                case 'mode:auto':
+                    interactive = sys.stdin.isatty()
+            if interactive is None:
+                interactive = parent.interactive
+            if interactive is None:
+                interactive = sys.stdin.isatty()
+            assert interactive in [ True, False ]
+            self.__interactive = interactive
+
+            self.__cmd_input = cmd_input if cmd_input[:5] != 'mode:' else None
             self.__throw = throw
             self.__verbose = verbose if verbose is not None else parent.verbose_default
             self.__pretty_cmd: str|None = None
@@ -116,7 +131,7 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
                 raise e
             return result
 
-    def __init__(self, uri: str, interactive: bool=True, verbose_default=False):
+    def __init__(self, uri: str, interactive: bool|None=None, verbose_default=False):
         self.__uri = uri
         self.__interactive = interactive
         self.__verbose_default = verbose_default
@@ -127,7 +142,7 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
         return self.__uri
 
     @property
-    def interactive(self) -> bool:
+    def interactive(self) -> bool|None:
         return self.__interactive
 
     @property
@@ -144,7 +159,7 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
         wd: str|None = None,
         throw: bool = True,
         verbose: bool|None = None,
-        cmd_input: str|None = None,
+        cmd_input: str|None = 'mode:opt-interactive',
         env: dict[str, str]|None = None,
         title: str=None
     ) -> Result:
@@ -157,10 +172,12 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
             throw:   Raise an exception on non-zero exit status if True
             verbose: Emit log output while the command runs
             cmd_input:
-                - None                 -> stdin from /dev/null
-                - "mode:interactive"   -> Inherit terminal stdin
-                - "mode:auto"          -> Inherit terminal stdin if it is a TTY
-                - otherwise            -> String fed to stdin
+                - "mode:opt-interactive"  -> Let --interactive govern how to handle interactivity (default)
+                - "mode:interactive"      -> Inherit terminal stdin
+                - "mode:auto"             -> Inherit terminal stdin if it is a TTY
+                - "mode:non-interactive"  -> stdin from /dev/null
+                - None                    -> Alias for mode:non-interactive
+                - otherwise               -> Feed cmd_input to stdin
             env:     The environment the command should be run in
 
         Returns:
@@ -170,7 +187,7 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
 
         ret = Result(None, None, 1)
         with self.CallContext(self, title=title, cmd=cmd, cmd_input=cmd_input, wd=wd,
-                              log_prefix='|', interactive=None, throw=throw, verbose=verbose) as cc:
+                              log_prefix='|', throw=throw, verbose=verbose) as cc:
             try:
                 ret = await self._run(
                     cmd=cmd,
@@ -205,7 +222,7 @@ class ExecContext(abc.ABC):
         if mod_env is None:
             mod_env = {}
         with self.CallContext(self, title=title, cmd=cmd, cmd_input=cmd_input, wd=wd,
-                              log_prefix='|', interactive=None, throw=throw, verbose=verbose) as cc:
+                              log_prefix='|', throw=throw, verbose=verbose) as cc:
             try:
                 ret = await self._sudo(
                     cmd=cmd,