Fix Windows shell command execution issues in multi-byte environments (cp932/Shift-JIS)

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Fixes GitHub issue vybestack#72 where shell commands were failing on Windows systems with multi-byte character encodings (specifically cp932/Shift-JIS environments).

Problem

Users reported shell command execution failures with symptoms like:

Command failed with exit code 1: cmd.exe """/c""" """git" "branch""" """git" "branch"""
'\"\"' は、内部コマンドまたは外部コマンド、
操作可能なプログラムまたはバッチ ファイルとして認識されていません。

The issue manifested as:

• Excessive argument quoting causing malformed command strings
• Garbled output due to encoding mismatches in multi-byte environments
• Commands failing that should work normally

Root Cause

The issue was caused by two main problems in shellExecutionService.ts:

1. Over-escaping of arguments: Node.js spawn() was applying excessive quoting to command arguments on Windows
2. Encoding mismatch: Commands executed without setting proper UTF-8 encoding, causing issues in cp932/Shift-JIS environments

Solution

Windows Command Construction

• Commands now prepend chcp 65001 >nul 2>&1 & to set UTF-8 encoding before execution
• Added windowsVerbatimArguments: false to spawn options to prevent Node.js from over-escaping arguments

Process Management Improvements

• Windows processes use detached: false for better process control
• Added PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8 environment variable to force UTF-8 encoding

Enhanced Encoding Detection

• Improved multi-byte character detection in handleOutput() function
• Better fallback handling for unsupported encodings

Changes Made

packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.ts:

• Refactored Windows command execution to use encoding-aware approach
• Improved spawn options configuration for cross-platform compatibility
• Enhanced encoding detection logic for multi-byte environments

packages/core/src/services/shellExecutionService.test.ts:

• Updated unit tests to match new Windows command structure
• Maintained test coverage for all platforms

Testing

• Verified fix works on both Windows and Unix-like systems
• Added comprehensive verification tests for multi-byte character handling
• All existing unit tests pass with updated expectations
• Integration tests confirm commands execute without the original quoting issues

Backward Compatibility

• Unix-like systems (Linux/macOS) behavior unchanged
• No breaking changes to the public API
• Maintains compatibility with existing shell command patterns

The fix is minimal, targeted, and resolves the specific Windows encoding issues while preserving functionality across all supported platforms.

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