Flight Log / microsoft/vscode #254504
Fix PowerShell terminal link detection for paths with spaces — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode on Jul 7, 2025; merged after rework in 46 h: +112 −110, 5 files, 11 reviews.
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- +112 −110
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- 5
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- 8
- Reviews
- 11 (3 ✕)
- To merge
- 46 h
- Task
- fix
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GitHub Copilot submitted a fix in microsoft/vscode so that terminal link detection captures full paths containing spaces in PowerShell prompts, such as D:\workspace\abc def. The change touched five files with 112 additions and 110 deletions across eight commits. 11 reviews raised three change requests. The pull request merged after rework, 46.01 hours to merge.
“@copilot, keep this in mind: The terminal buffer contains `PS D:\workspace\abc def>` and the expected link is `D:\workspace\abc def` but the link detected is `D:\workspace\abc`”
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The terminal link detection was failing to correctly identify paths with spaces in PowerShell prompts. When hovering over a path in a PowerShell prompt like `PS D:\workspace\abc def>`, VS Code would only detect `D:\workspace\abc` instead of the full path `D:\workspace\abc def`. ## Problem The exis…
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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/vscode#254504, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/vscode/254504/
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