How to set default_cwd on windows

[ackerr]

I want the default pwd is wsl's $HOME when wezterm start，but it always the windows $HOME.

And i find the default_cwd config，set it to other path like C:\Users\Ackerr\.config\wezterm，but it's not work, always the $HOME(C:\Users\Ackerr). And i use this command wezterm start --cwd C:\Users\Ackerr\.config\wezterm，it's not work too.

the minimum config

return {
    default_domain = "WSL:Arch",
    default_prog = { "wsl.exe" },
}

wezterm version

❯ wezterm --version
wezterm 20220408-101518-b908e2dd

[SuperSandro2000]

I am currently facing a similar issue where default_cwd is only honored on the first tab, not new tabs. That was on a nightly from 02. June. I just updated to wezterm 20220605-223126-4776c8d9 and now have the same error as ackerr.

relevant config:

local wezterm = require("wezterm")

-- see https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/config/lua/wezterm/target_triple.html for values
local is_linux = wezterm.target_triple == "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
local is_windows = wezterm.target_triple == "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"

local wsl_domains = wezterm.default_wsl_domains()

for idx, dom in ipairs(wsl_domains) do
  if dom.name == "WSL:NixOS" then
    dom.default_cwd = "/home/nixos"
  end
end

return {
  default_domain = is_windows and "WSL:Ubuntu" or nil,
  default_prog = is_windows and { "wsl.exe" } or nil,
  hide_tab_bar_if_only_one_tab = false,
  launch_menu = is_windows and { { args = { "cmd.exe" }, domain = { DomainName = "local" } } } or nil,
  set_environment_variables = {
    TERMINFO_DIRS = "/home/" .. (os.getenv("USERNAME") or os.getenv("USER")) .. "/.nix-profile/share/terminfo",
    WSLENV = "TERMINFO_DIRS",
    prompt = is_windows and "$E]7;file://localhost/$P$E\\$E[32m$T$E[0m $E[35m$P$E[36m$_$G$E[0m " or nil,
  },
  -- term = "wezterm",
  wsl_domains = wsl_domains,
}

[ackerr]

@SuperSandro2000 I find the wsl_domains config.

And this config work for me.

local wsl_domains = wezterm.default_wsl_domains()

for _, dom in ipairs(wsl_domains) do
    dom.default_cwd = "~"
end

return {
    wsl_domains = wsl_domains,
    default_domain = "WSL:Arch",
    default_prog = { "wsl.exe" },
}

[ackerr]

But when i use command to start wezterm，it show this log and the wezterm window is stuck.

❯ wezterm start --cwd ~
22:33:54.522  INFO   wezterm_mux_server_impl::local > setting up C:\Users\Ackerr\.local/share/wezterm\gui-sock-21804
22:33:54.523  INFO   wezterm_client::discovery::windows > published gui path as gui-sock-21804
22:33:54.559  WARN   window::os::windows::window        > EGL init failed Config says to avoid EGL, fall back to WGL
22:33:54.646  INFO   wezterm_gui::termwindow            > OpenGL initialized! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 4.5.0 NVIDIA 511.79 is_context_loss_possible=true wezterm version: 20220408-101518-b908e2dd`

[wez]

I just pushed a fix for #2092 which could also be influencing what you're seeing here; it can certainly confuse things.
Could you both give that a try once it is available in the nightly build? It should be there within about an hour from now.

[wez]

I think what @SuperSandro2000 was seeing was more #2092 than this issue.

@ackerr: your comment in #2090 (comment) is what I'd suggest for the issue you originally describe. The behavior when spawning is to use the normal default_cwd resolution logic, then pass that to the spawned program. wsl.exe will use that cwd when it starts, so if you need it to resolve something from inside the wsl domain, then you'll need to override it explicitly as you have in that config.

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