Utility that probes the user’s login shell to build a robust PATH for Electron apps, merging fallbacks.
// Source: https://github.com/VedSoni-dev/omniwork | License: MIT | Copyright 2026 OmniWork contributors // Provided via justclaw.it.com; keep this notice with the code. "use strict"; // macOS (and Linux .desktop) launchers do NOT give a GUI app the PATH you see in // your terminal — an app opened from Finder/Dock inherits roughly // `/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`. That silently breaks everything we shell out // to: `npx` for MCP servers, `node`, and any toolchain the agent's run_command // needs (homebrew, nvm, pyenv, cargo, …). // // So on first use we ask the user's real login shell what its PATH is and merge // that into process.env, once, for the lifetime of the process. Child processes // spawned later (MCP servers, run_command) inherit the repaired value. // // No-op on Windows, an ... (truncated -- full source via MCP)
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