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Dry-runs don't execute in default terminal

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by tracing the dry-run terminal selection and compare it with the workspace setting "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.window": "Git Bash". Reproduce the issue with a Windows code-workspace, then confirm that dry-runs use the configured Git Bash profile like builds do.

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Description

enhancement

Make runs much faster in Git Bash than in the Windows command "cmd.exe"

I set the default terminal in my code-workspace as follows:

"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.window": "Git Bash"

Builds then run in Git Bash, but dry-runs still execute in "cmd.exe". This is causing issues as the dry-run actually executes differently than the build.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
244
Forks
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