romkatv / romkatv/gitstatus

gitstatus failed to initialize on Cygwin

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System information:

zsh:      5.8
uname -a: CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 <hostname> 3.6.0-api-356.x86_64 2025-01-24 17:35 UTC x86_64

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the initialization failure on the reported Cygwin and zsh environment, then trace the gitstatus initialization path; done means gitstatus initializes successfully there and the failure is covered by a regression test.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, git, zsh
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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