Claude Code Bash Issue

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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Users are discussing a bug in Claude Code related to how it invokes bash, causing path translation issues, and proposing a fix using `bash -l -c`.

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@PerceptualPeakZac

The root cause is that Claude Code invokes bash with `shell: true` which doesn't initialize the MSYS environment for path translation. **The Fix:** Patch cli.js to use `bash -l -c` (login shell) instead of `shell: true`

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