/** * windows-child-options.ts * * Shared helper for opting Windows child processes (spawn/execFileSync) into * a hidden console. Windows spawns a visible console window per child by * default; every desktop-launched helper process (git, curl, taskkill, the * backend itself, the bootstrap PowerShell runner, ...) needs `windowsHide: * true` so the user doesn't see consoles flashing on screen. * * Extracted into its own dependency-free module (no electron import) so it * can be unit-tested directly for both platforms without reading source * text, and so main.ts and bootstrap-runner.ts share exactly one * implementation instead of each defining their own copy. */ import type { ExecFileSyncOptionsWithStringEncoding } from 'node:child_process' /** * Merge `windowsHide: true` into `options` when running on Windows, unless * the caller already specified a `windowsHide` value (which is preserved * as-is, including an explicit `false` for cases that intentionally want a * visible/interactive console). No-op on non-Windows platforms. * * @param options - spawn/execFileSync options to (possibly) augment. * @param isWindows - defaults to the real platform check; injectable for * tests so both branches can be exercised without mocking process.platform. */ export function hiddenWindowsChildOptions( options: any = {}, isWindows: boolean = process.platform === 'win32' ): ExecFileSyncOptionsWithStringEncoding { if (!isWindows || Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'windowsHide')) { return options as any } return { ...options, windowsHide: true } as any }