Function getPiVersion

packages/cli/src/lib/pi-helpers.ts:31–49

(piPath: string)

}

export function getPiVersion(piPath: string): string | null {
    // Pi >= 0.71.x writes `--version` output to stderr, not stdout. Use
    // spawnSync (not execFileSync) so we get both streams back even on
    // a clean exit. Prefer stdout when present so future Pi versions
    // that switch back to stdout still work.
    try {
        const result = spawnSync(piPath, ["--version"], {
            encoding: "utf-8",
            timeout: 10_000,
        });
        const stdout = result.stdout?.trim();
        if (stdout) return stdout;
        const stderr = result.stderr?.trim();
        if (stderr) return stderr;
        return null;
    } catch {
        return null;
    }
}

function runPi(piPath: string, args: string[]): string | null {
    try {