"Run Python File" fails when using Git Bash + Conda

[adamerose]

Type: Bug

Clicking the Run Python File button in a Conda environment with Git Bash fails, because it uses backslashes in the environment path which Git Bash treats as escape characters. Solution is to use forward slashes or wrap the path in quotes.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Use Git Bash as the default shell for VS Code's integrated terminal
2. Open a project and create a Conda environment in the project root (conda create -p "./cenv")
3. Select the Conda environment as the workspace interpreter (F1 -> Python: Select Interpreter)
4. Click the Run Python File button in the top right
5. It tries running conda activate C:\path\to\cenv and fails

Adam@Adam-PC MINGW64 /c/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
$ source activate
(base)
Adam@Adam-PC MINGW64 /c/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
$ conda activate C:\_MyFiles\Programming\Sandbox\clip\cenv

EnvironmentNameNotFound: Could not find conda environment: C:_MyFilesProgrammingSandboxclipcenv
You can list all discoverable environments with `conda info --envs`.


(base)
Adam@Adam-PC MINGW64 /c/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
$ cd c:/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
(base)
Adam@Adam-PC MINGW64 /c/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
$ C:/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/clip/cenv/python.exe c:/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example/main.py
(base)
Adam@Adam-PC MINGW64 /c/_MyFiles/Programming/Sandbox/example
$

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.8.18
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Conda
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

XXX

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

terminal
• executeInFileDir: "<placeholder>"

Extension version: 2023.20.0
VS Code version: Code 1.84.0 (d037ac076cee195194f93ce6fe2bdfe2969cc82d, 2023-11-01T11:29:04.398Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
Modes:

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Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 1da03074-efe6-46e2-b136-4c0275639a49
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[karrtikr]

@adamerose , Python extension does not support Git bash currently, and such an issue was recently closed because of lack of community interest: #15799 as well as significant technical blockers which can only be resolved by VS Code: #15799 (comment).

Hence closing this.

[adamerose]

@karrtikr

Clicking Run Python File seems to work fine with Git Bash + venv:

It just behaves differently for conda. Can't the extension use forward slashes for conda like it does for venv? The upstream issue you linked is about an Extension API for escaping backslashes but I don't think that is the only solution

[karrtikr]

While it's true that using forward slashes might be a suitable workaround for conda, it might not. Supporting git bash results in other complications hence we cannot simply officially support it at this point.

That being said, if you can contribute a fix and demonstrate to us that it works, we'll be happy to accept it.