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Summary

This PR combines two critical fixes to enable Windows PTY interactive tests:

  1. go-pty migration (from Test go pty #24): Cross-platform PTY support including Windows ConPTY
  2. huh replacement (from Replace promptui with Charm Bracelet huh for Windows ConPTY support #25): Windows-compatible interactive prompts

Problem

Windows PTY interactive tests were failing due to two library limitations:

Issue 1: PTY Infrastructure (creack/pty)

  • creack/pty is Unix-only, no Windows support
  • ❌ No ConPTY (Windows Pseudo Console) support
  • ❌ Tests hang on Windows

Issue 2: Interactive Prompts (promptui)

  • promptui is unmaintained (last commit 2021)
  • ❌ Known Windows bugs (#33, #108, #129)
  • ❌ Doesn't work with Windows ConPTY
  • ❌ Interactive prompt text never appears in PTY on Windows

Evidence: PR #24 showed non-interactive tests pass, but interactive tests fail with prompt not appearing.

Solution

1. Migrate to go-pty

  • github.com/aymanbagabas/go-pty supports both Unix PTY and Windows ConPTY
  • ✅ Updated test infrastructure in e2e_interactive_test.go
  • ✅ Windows PTY tests enabled in CI

2. Replace promptui with huh

  • github.com/charmbracelet/huh - modern, actively maintained
  • ✅ Native Windows ConPTY support
  • ✅ Part of Charm Bracelet ecosystem
  • ✅ Better accessibility and cross-platform rendering

Changes

Dependencies

- github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24
+ github.com/aymanbagabas/go-pty v0.2.2

- github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
+ github.com/charmbracelet/huh v0.8.0

Files Modified

  • main.go: Replaced all promptui.Select with huh.NewSelect
  • e2e_interactive_test.go: Updated to use go-pty API
  • .github/workflows/ci.yml: Enabled Windows e2e tests
  • go.mod/go.sum: Updated dependencies

Testing Strategy

CI Tests

The Windows CI workflow tests both shells:

  • PowerShell 5.1 (powershell): Non-interactive test
  • PowerShell 7+ (pwsh): Both interactive and non-interactive tests

Test Coverage

  • ✅ Non-interactive: wt co feature-explicit (provides branch name)
  • ✅ Interactive: wt co (prompts for branch selection)
  • ✅ Multiple shells: bash, zsh, PowerShell on respective platforms

Expected Results

With these combined changes, Windows PTY interactive tests should now:

  1. ✅ Create PTY successfully (go-pty ConPTY support)
  2. ✅ Display interactive prompts (huh Windows support)
  3. ✅ Accept user input and complete checkout
  4. ✅ Pass CI on Windows runners

Related PRs

Notes

  • PowerShell PTY tests on Unix are skipped due to upstream PowerShell bug #14932 (garbled output in PTY on non-Windows)
  • macOS/Linux tests continue to work with go-pty (backward compatible)

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timvw and others added 7 commits December 2, 2025 22:19
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Replace creack/pty with aymanbagabas/go-pty to enable cross-platform PTY
support including Windows via ConPTY. This change prepares the codebase for
PowerShell interactive tests on Windows.

Changes:
- Updated imports to use github.com/aymanbagabas/go-pty
- Changed ptyShell struct to use pty.Pty interface instead of *os.File
- Refactored newPtyZsh and newPtyBash to use go-pty API pattern:
  * Create PTY with pty.New()
  * Use pty.Command() instead of exec.Command()
  * Set environment on cmd and start with cmd.Start()
- Both zsh and bash interactive tests passing

The go-pty library provides a unified interface for Unix PTYs and Windows
ConPTY, making it possible to run interactive shell tests on all platforms.

Test results:
✅ TestInteractiveCheckoutWithoutArgs (zsh)
✅ TestInteractiveCheckoutWithoutArgsBash

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Add PowerShell interactive and non-interactive tests using the go-pty
library. These tests are designed to work cross-platform with ConPTY
support on Windows.

Changes:
- Added newPtyPowerShell() function using go-pty API
- Added TestInteractiveCheckoutWithoutArgsPowerShell
- Added TestNonInteractiveCheckoutWithArgsPowerShell

Current status on macOS:
❌ Both PowerShell tests fail due to upstream PowerShell issue #14932
   PowerShell/PowerShell#14932

The issue manifests as:
1. PowerShell parse error when executing shellenv via Invoke-Expression
2. wt function not created (shows as "Application" instead of "Function")
3. No output when sending interactive commands (PTY I/O problem)

This is a known PowerShell bug on Unix PTYs unrelated to the PTY library.
The go-pty implementation is correct and ready for Windows testing where
ConPTY should work properly.

Next steps:
- Test on Windows with ConPTY support
- Consider workarounds for Unix PowerShell PTY issues
- May need to skip PowerShell tests on Unix platforms

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PowerShell has a known bug (#14932) when running in PTY on Unix systems
that causes garbled output and I/O hangs. These tests will only run on
Windows where ConPTY support should work correctly.

Changes:
- Added runtime import
- Added runtime.GOOS check in both PowerShell test functions
- Tests now skip with clear message on macOS/Linux

Test results on macOS:
✅ Both PowerShell tests now skip gracefully with message:
   "Skipping PowerShell PTY test on non-Windows (upstream bug #14932)"

References:
- PowerShell/PowerShell#14932

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Enable Windows e2e tests in GitHub Actions now that we have PowerShell
PTY tests using go-pty with ConPTY support.

Changes:
- Uncommented and enabled e2e-windows job
- Added GitHub App token generation for Windows runner
- Configured test matrix for both powershell and pwsh shells
- Set up proper test isolation with ISOLATED_TMPDIR
- For 'powershell': Run only non-interactive test (legacy Windows PowerShell)
- For 'pwsh': Run both interactive and non-interactive tests (PowerShell Core)
- Added test log artifact upload on failure

The tests will run on windows-latest runner and use go-pty's ConPTY
support to properly handle interactive PowerShell sessions.

Expected test results:
✅ powershell: TestNonInteractiveCheckoutWithArgsPowerShell
✅ pwsh: Both PowerShell tests should pass on Windows

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Fix two issues preventing PowerShell PTY tests from passing on Windows:

1. **Path separator mismatch**: Removed `filepath.ToSlash()` conversion for
   TREE_ME_CD marker comparison. Windows outputs backslashes but test was
   expecting forward slashes, causing false failures even though the command
   succeeded.

2. **Shell exit timeout**: Changed exit command from "exit\n" to "exit\r\n"
   (add carriage return) and increased timeout from 2s to 5s to properly
   handle PowerShell graceful shutdown on Windows.

Temporary workflow changes:
- Disabled non-Windows CI jobs (test, build, lint, cross-compile, e2e-macos)
  to speed up iteration on Windows-specific test fixes. Will re-enable once
  Windows tests pass.

Changes:
- e2e_interactive_test.go:838: Use native path separator for comparison
- e2e_interactive_test.go:264: Send "\r\n" for proper Windows line ending
- e2e_interactive_test.go:276: Increase exit timeout to 5 seconds
- .github/workflows/ci.yml: Temporarily disable non-Windows jobs with if: false

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This commit combines two critical fixes to enable Windows PTY interactive
tests to pass:

1. **go-pty migration** (from PR #24):
   - Replace creack/pty with aymanbagabas/go-pty
   - Add Windows ConPTY support
   - Enable Windows PTY tests in CI

2. **promptui → huh replacement** (from PR #25):
   - Replace unmaintained promptui with Charm Bracelet's huh
   - Fix Windows interactive prompt issues
   - Enable cross-platform terminal UI

## Problem Statement

Windows PTY interactive tests were failing due to two issues:
- creack/pty doesn't support Windows (no ConPTY)
- promptui has known Windows bugs and doesn't work in ConPTY

## Solution

- **go-pty**: Provides Windows ConPTY + Unix PTY support
- **huh**: Modern, maintained prompt library with Windows support

## Testing

This combined change enables:
- ✅ Windows PTY tests infrastructure (go-pty)
- ✅ Windows interactive prompts (huh)
- ✅ Cross-platform compatibility (macOS, Linux, Windows)

## Dependencies

- Added: github.com/aymanbagabas/go-pty v0.2.2
- Added: github.com/charmbracelet/huh v0.8.0
- Removed: github.com/manifoldco/promptui v0.9.0
- Removed: github.com/creack/pty v1.1.24

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Re-enable previously disabled CI jobs that were temporarily turned off
during Windows PTY test iteration:

- test: Ubuntu tests with Go 1.24 and 1.25
- build: Ubuntu build verification
- lint: golangci-lint checks
- cross-compile: Build for Linux, macOS (amd64/arm64), Windows
- e2e-macos: End-to-end tests on macOS with bash and zsh

All platforms should now pass with the combined go-pty + huh solution:
- ✅ Ubuntu: Unit tests, build, lint
- ✅ macOS: E2E tests with bash/zsh
- ✅ Windows: E2E tests with PowerShell/pwsh

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timvw commented Dec 3, 2025

Closing in favor of merged PR #24

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