gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix bug: Shell execution hangs or drops output for Windows executables on WSL [1 pull requests]

What happened?

When running Windows binaries (.exe) inside the Gemini CLI on a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) environment with standard PTY mode enabled (shouldUseNodePty = true), the shell execution often hangs, loses/drops output, or fails to terminate cleanly due to terminal/PTY interop limitations between Linux PTY (like node-pty) and Windows binaries.

What did you expect to happen?

Windows binaries (such as adb.exe, git.exe, etc.) executed from Gemini CLI running inside WSL should execute cleanly and capture stdout/stderr successfully without hanging or dropping process exit events.

Client information

Platform: WSL (Linux on Windows) Gemini CLI: 0.44.0

Anything else we need to know?

WSL has known terminal/PTY interop issues when running Windows binaries within a Linux PTY (like node-pty), which can lead to hangs, lost/missing output, or indefinite waiting for process exit. A fix should detect when running on WSL and executing a .exe command, and bypass node-pty in favor of standard Node.js child_process execution.