junegunn / junegunn/fzf

Feature - use Windows FZF binaries in WSL

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Description

## Checks
- [X] I have read through the manual page (`man fzf`)
- [X] I have the latest version of fzf
- [X] I have searched through the existing issues

## Info
- OS
- [X] Windows WSL
- Shell
- [X] bash

## Description
Good evening,

This is more of a feature enhancement than bug. The idea would be to use fzf.exe (windows binaries) in WSL.

### Current state
Typing fzf.exe in WSL (while fzf.exe is in windows' path) works perfectly and is around a hundred times than fzf (wsl binaries) due to fzf.exe running outside of WSL.

### Idea
Make ** bash completion work using fzf.exe rather fzf in WSL

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the Bash completion entry point and checking how it invokes fzf in WSL; done means completion uses the Windows fzf.exe while preserving existing behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
bash
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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