CodeEditApp / CodeEditApp/CodeEdit
🐞 Git Branch detection captures shell outputs rather than just the branch
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Description
### Description
In my ZSH configuration (~/.zprofile) I echo text out, this runs when I open a new shell, but the text echoed shows up in the Toolbar's subtitle where it shows the branch.
### To Reproduce
This assumes the same machine configuration as me, since I'm unsure how much of this is CodeEdit's decisions VS my setup, though assuming you run ZSH as your standard shell I'd assume it would replicate properly.
#### open `.zprofile`
```shell
open ~/.zprofile -a CodeEdit
```
#### add an `echo` statement, such as
```shell
echo "This text should not show up in CodeEdit branch info, it should only be seen in interactive shells"
```
#### save `.zprofile`
#### Quite CodeEdit
#### Open a Git initialized repository in CodeEdit
Or make a temporary Git repo and open it...
```shell
setopt INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS
# ↑ allow comments in the shells interactive mode (default off in zsh)
dir="$(mktemp -d)" # makes a temporary folder (so it auto deletes by the OS later)
cd $dir # go to our temporary directory
git init # initialize a Git repository in the directory
open . -a CodeEdit # open our temporary git repo in CodeEdit
```
#### and in the branch section you will see an output like the image attached
### Expected Behavior
CodeEdit runs a non-interactive shell to capture the current branch, and only captures branch info via Git's stdout, rather than the shell contents
### Version Information
CodeEdit: 0.3.6 (47)
macOS: 26.1.0
### Additional Context
_No response_
### Screenshots
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing CodeEdit's Git branch detection and the shell command used to populate the Toolbar subtitle; the issue does not name a file or test. Reproduce with an echo statement in ~/.zprofile and an opened Git repository, then verify that only the branch is shown and shell output is excluded.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, macos, swift, zsh
- Domain
- desktop, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100