junegunn / junegunn/fzf

Preview does not work

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Description

### Checklist

- [X] I have read through the manual page (`man fzf`)
- [X] I have searched through the existing issues
- [ ] For bug reports, I have checked if the bug is reproducible in the latest version of fzf

### Output of `fzf --version`

0.55.0

### OS

- [ ] Linux
- [ ] macOS
- [X] Windows
- [ ] Etc.

### Shell

- [ ] bash
- [X] zsh
- [ ] fish

### Problem / Steps to reproduce

I am unable to see the preview window using FZF in git bash ZSH on windows.

The error states: `exec: C:\\Users\\{user}\\zsh": file does not exist`

![Screenshot 2024-09-25 155801](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0fda996a-713b-4920-8eab-a7e4fe6dfac2)

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the preview failure with fzf 0.55.0 in Git Bash using zsh on Windows, after checking whether it still occurs in the latest version. Inspect the reported exec path error; done means the preview window opens without the missing-file error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, zsh
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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