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[Windows] POSIX path conversion mangles slash-prefixed CLI args under Git Bash
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Description
Summary
On Windows, when the codex-companion runtime is invoked from a Git Bash
(MSYS2) shell, arguments that look like POSIX absolute paths (e.g. a PID
passed as /12345, or flags like /codex:cancel) get auto-translated by
MSYS's path-conversion layer into C:/Program Files/Git/12345, which
breaks the call.
Reproduction
Environment:
- Windows 10 / 11
- Git for Windows (MSYS2-based bash)
@openai/codex-plugin-cc1.0.5
Steps:
- From Git Bash, start a background Codex job and obtain its job id.
- Run
/codex:cancel <pid>where<pid>is passed as/12345. - Observe that the call fails — the argument received by the runtime is
C:/Program Files/Git/12345, not/12345.
Workaround
Set MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 in the user's shell profile (~/.bashrc for Git
Bash; $PROFILE for any PowerShell session that may spawn Git Bash
sub-shells). This globally disables MSYS path conversion for the session.
Suggested fix
Either:
- Have the plugin's wrapper script set
MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1(or use the
per-argMSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL=*form) when spawning child processes on
Windows, scoped narrowly so it does not pollute the parent shell, or - Document the requirement explicitly in the README's Windows section.
Happy to send a PR if the maintainers prefer the wrapper-level fix.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the plugin's Windows wrapper or child-process spawning path, then review the README's Windows section. Reproduce the Git Bash case with a slash-prefixed argument and determine whether the wrapper-level workaround or documentation is appropriate; done means /12345 and /codex:cancel are no longer mangled or the requirement is clearly documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, javascript
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100