Flight Log / microsoft/vscode #255173
Fix setShellType to properly handle undefined values for unrecognized shells — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode on Jul 10, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +387 −49, 5 files, 0 reviews.
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Copilot was asked to fix setShellType in microsoft/vscode so unrecognized shells, such as R inside pwsh, set the shell type to undefined instead of keeping the parent. The flight touched five files with 387 additions and 49 deletions across eight commits. It closed unmerged as a burn after human review.
“The tests are failing , can you resolve?”
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When running an unrecognized shell (like R) from within a known shell (like pwsh), VS Code would retain the parent shell type instead of setting it to `undefined`. This caused incorrect paste behavior because it tried to use the parent shell's paste mechanism instead of direct text pasting. ## Root…
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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/vscode#255173, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/vscode/255173/
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