From fb9984a774dce2dde7b23a35956cba230995a9be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:09:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(memory): stop forcing Windows qmd cmd shims

---
 src/memory/qmd-process.test.ts | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 src/memory/qmd-process.ts      | 22 +---------------------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/memory/qmd-process.test.ts b/src/memory/qmd-process.test.ts
index 84237c43c..8f969fb92 100644
--- a/src/memory/qmd-process.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/qmd-process.test.ts
@@ -72,4 +72,20 @@ describe("resolveCliSpawnInvocation", () => {
       }),
     ).toThrow(/without shell execution/);
   });
+
+  it("keeps bare commands bare when no Windows wrapper exists on PATH", () => {
+    process.env.PATH = originalPath ?? "";
+    process.env.PATHEXT = ".CMD;.EXE";
+
+    const invocation = resolveCliSpawnInvocation({
+      command: "qmd",
+      args: ["query", "hello"],
+      env: process.env,
+      packageName: "qmd",
+    });
+
+    expect(invocation.command).toBe("qmd");
+    expect(invocation.argv).toEqual(["query", "hello"]);
+    expect(invocation.shell).not.toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/memory/qmd-process.ts b/src/memory/qmd-process.ts
index bb0eea803..5a70cd3c3 100644
--- a/src/memory/qmd-process.ts
+++ b/src/memory/qmd-process.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
-import path from "node:path";
 import {
   materializeWindowsSpawnProgram,
   resolveWindowsSpawnProgram,
@@ -12,25 +11,6 @@ export type CliSpawnInvocation = {
   windowsHide?: boolean;
 };
 
-function resolveWindowsCommandShim(command: string): string {
-  if (process.platform !== "win32") {
-    return command;
-  }
-  const trimmed = command.trim();
-  if (!trimmed) {
-    return command;
-  }
-  const ext = path.extname(trimmed).toLowerCase();
-  if (ext === ".cmd" || ext === ".exe" || ext === ".bat") {
-    return command;
-  }
-  const base = path.basename(trimmed).toLowerCase();
-  if (base === "qmd" || base === "mcporter") {
-    return `${trimmed}.cmd`;
-  }
-  return command;
-}
-
 export function resolveCliSpawnInvocation(params: {
   command: string;
   args: string[];
@@ -38,7 +18,7 @@ export function resolveCliSpawnInvocation(params: {
   packageName: string;
 }): CliSpawnInvocation {
   const program = resolveWindowsSpawnProgram({
-    command: resolveWindowsCommandShim(params.command),
+    command: params.command,
     platform: process.platform,
     env: params.env,
     execPath: process.execPath,