Cross-platform path handling and command patterns
Squad runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Several bugs have been traced to platform-specific assumptions: ISO timestamps with colons (illegal on Windows), git -C with Windows paths (unreliable), forward-slash paths in Node.js on Windows.
2026-03-15T05:30:00Z is illegal on WindowssafeTimestamp() utility: Replaces colons with hyphens → 2026-03-15T05-30-00Z.toISOString().replace(/:/g, '-') — use the utilitygit -C {path}: Unreliable with Windows paths (backslashes, spaces, drive letters)cd first: Change directory, then run git commandsgit diff --cached --quiet (exit 0 = no changes)-m flag: Backtick-n (\n) fails silently in PowerShell-F flag: Write message to file, commit with git commit -F $msgFileTEAM ROOT from spawn prompt or run git rev-parse --show-toplevel/ or \✓ Correct:
// Timestamp utility
const safeTimestamp = () => new Date().toISOString().replace(/:/g, '-').split('.')[0] + 'Z';
// Git workflow (PowerShell)
cd $teamRoot
# ⚠️ NEVER use `git add .squad/` or broad globs — only stage files you intentionally changed
# Stage only files you actually modified — use git status to build explicit list
$filesToStage = git status --porcelain | Where-Object { $_.Length -gt 3 } | ForEach-Object { $_.Substring(3) -replace '^.* -> ','' } | Where-Object {
$_ -eq '.squad/decisions.md' -or
$_ -eq '.squad/decisions-archive.md' -or
$_ -like '.squad/agents/*/history.md' -or
$_ -like '.squad/agents/*/history-archive.md' -or
$_ -like '.squad/log/*' -or
$_ -like '.squad/orchestration-log/*'
}
if ($filesToStage) { $filesToStage | Where-Object { $_ } | ForEach-Object { git add -- $_ } }
git diff --cached --quiet
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
$msg = @"
docs(ai-team): session log
Changes:
- Added decisions
"@
$msgFile = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
Set-Content -Path $msgFile -Value $msg -Encoding utf8
git commit -F $msgFile
Remove-Item $msgFile
}
✗ Incorrect:
// Colon in filename
const logPath = `.squad/log/${new Date().toISOString()}.md`; // ILLEGAL on Windows
// git -C with Windows path
exec('git -C C:\\src\\squad add .squad/'); // UNRELIABLE
// Inline newlines in commit message
exec('git commit -m "First line\nSecond line"'); // FAILS silently in PowerShell
git -C because it "looks cleaner" (it doesn't work)git diff --cached --quiet check (creates empty commits)