Method resolveCoderBinaryPath

src/node/services/coderService.ts:327–368

()

  private cachedWhoami: CoderWhoamiData | null = null;

  private async resolveCoderBinaryPath(): Promise<string | null> {
    if (process.platform === "win32") {
      // Prefer native Windows lookup — returns paths cmd.exe can execute directly.
      try {
        using proc = execAsync("where.exe coder");
        const { stdout } = await proc.result;
        const firstLine = stdout.split(/\r?\n/)[0]?.trim();
        if (firstLine) return firstLine;
      } catch {
        // where.exe may not find coder; fall through to Git Bash lookup.
      }

      // Fallback: Git Bash lookup. Normalize MSYS paths (/c/...) to Windows (C:\...).
      let shell: string | undefined;
      try {
        shell = getBashPath();
      } catch {
        return null;
      }

      try {
        using proc = execAsync("command -v coder", { shell });
        const { stdout } = await proc.result;
        const firstLine = stdout.split(/\r?\n/)[0]?.trim();
        // Convert MSYS path format to native Windows path for cmd.exe compatibility.
        // SSH ProxyCommand runs through cmd.exe, not Git Bash.
        return firstLine ? toWindowsPath(firstLine) : null;
      } catch {
        return null;
      }
    }

    // POSIX: command -v is universally available
    try {
      using proc = execAsync("command -v coder");
      const { stdout } = await proc.result;
      const firstLine = stdout.split(/\r?\n/)[0]?.trim();
      return firstLine || null;
    } catch {
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Get Coder CLI info. Caches result for the session.