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Run gh invocations under bash to avoid sh/dash syntax errors #917

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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions src/github.ts
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Expand Up @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function runGh(command: string, input?: string): string {
const outFd = fs.openSync(outPath, 'w');
const errFd = fs.openSync(errPath, 'w');
try {
const res = spawnSync('/bin/sh', ['-c', command], {
const res = spawnSync('/bin/bash', ['-c', command], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['pipe', outFd, errFd],
input,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ function runGh(command: string, input?: string): string {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
input,
shell: '/bin/bash',
}).toString().trim();
} catch (err: any) {
const stderr = (err?.stderr ? String(err.stderr) : '') || err?.message || '';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function runGhDetailed(command: string, input?: string): { ok: boolean; stdout:
const outFd = fs.openSync(outPath, 'w');
const errFd = fs.openSync(errPath, 'w');
try {
const res = spawnSync('/bin/sh', ['-c', command], {
const res = spawnSync('/bin/bash', ['-c', command], {
encoding: 'utf-8',
stdio: ['pipe', outFd, errFd],
input,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ function runGhDetailed(command: string, input?: string): { ok: boolean; stdout:
// Async variants -----------------------------------------------------------
function spawnCommand(command: string, input?: string, timeout = 120000): Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number | null; error?: Error }> {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
const child = spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', command], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
const child = spawn('/bin/bash', ['-c', command], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
let stdout = '';
let stderr = '';
const timer = setTimeout(() => {
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