VSCode terminal copilot append path with space in $PATH

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Howdy.

In my setup/project, which use makefiles, the build fails because copilot appends a path with a space to the $PATH env in VSCode.

In the lines of:

....:/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand

When running make it complains that the

env: Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand: No such file or directory

This could probably be solved on a project level, but I rather just disable the feature in Copilot.

Is it possible?
I tried to disable the terminal in the copilot settings, it did not help.

E.g. if I manually reset the $PATH to not include the changes it works fine.

Thanks.

[Misfits09]

I'm facing the same issue, disabled copilot for a while waiting for it to be patched but no one seems to care 😬

I ended up adding this to my bashrc/zshrc file to espace the space
export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed 's/ /\\ /g')

[michaely-cb]

Also facing the same issue. Apparently this did not happen before today for me, so maybe some auto update triggered this behaviour. My usage was from make where the PATH was evaluated in the process. I have to bring up another terminal that's not in VSCode and make from there.

[dgpokl]

For me, this bug also produces these 4 ugly lines in every new vsc terminal. I suppose it's probably the result of something like chruby or other initialization scripts.

(eval):1: no such file or directory: Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand
(eval):1: no such file or directory: Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand
(eval):1: no such file or directory: Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand
(eval):1: no such file or directory: Support/Code/User/globalStorage/github.copilot-chat/debugCommand

UPDATE: While trying to add a similar fix as Misfits09 pointed out at the top of my .zshrc, I've determined that the errors are actually emitted before my .zshrc even runs, so I can't fix it that way. So I guess VSC is actually running its command(s) that mess up the PATH first, then whatever 4 things don't like the path, and then execing your shell.

I was able to fix this though by turning off the setting Github - Copilot - Chat - Copilot Debug Command, aka:
"github.copilot.chat.copilotDebugCommand.enabled": false

[jordanliu]

ty <3