From de55da72fa51296199be929ac61cd9808f802a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryan Field <bfield@700software.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:30:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: use windowsHide for git child processes on Windows

When running under pm2 there is no visible console; without windowsHide,
Windows spawns flashing cmd windows for each execSync.

close #35

Made-with: Cursor
---
 index.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2482a71..8a8c2b3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ const path = require('path');
 const dotgitconfig = require('dotgitconfig');
 const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
+/**
+ * Prevents obnoxious cmd window popping up on Windows when process runs via pm2
+ * instead of via an already visible terminal.
+ */
+const baseExecOptions = { windowsHide: true };
+
 module.exports = class LCL {
   constructor(dir = process.cwd()) {
     this.gitDirStr = '';
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ module.exports = class LCL {
     let gitTag;
     try {
       const opts = {
+        ...baseExecOptions,
         cwd: this.cwd,
         maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
         // <https://stackoverflow.com/a/45578119
@@ -112,7 +119,7 @@ module.exports = class LCL {
   }
 
   getUserNameSync() {
-    return execSync(`git ${this.gitDirStr} config user.name`)
+    return execSync(`git ${this.gitDirStr} config user.name`, baseExecOptions)
       .toString()
       .trim();
   }

From 054db007f2627c07e53374f38eff1f49da456f1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryan Field <bfield@700software.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:48:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] also update line-diff to include windowsHide

---
 line-diff.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/line-diff.js b/line-diff.js
index b67627c..8174e86 100644
--- a/line-diff.js
+++ b/line-diff.js
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 const { execSync } = require('child_process');
 
+/**
+ * Avoid cmd popups on Windows when there is no visible console (e.g. pm2).
+ * @see index.js baseExecOptions
+ */
+const execOptions = { windowsHide: true };
+
 const fileNameReg = /diff --git a(.*) b.*/;
 const lineReg = /@@ -(.*) \+(.*) @@/;
 
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = (options = {}) => {
     currentBranch,
     filter,
   ].join(' ');
-  const str = execSync(cmd).toString().trim();
+  const str = execSync(cmd, execOptions).toString().trim();
   if (!str) return null;
   const diffMap = {};
   const diffArray = str.split('\n');