Unable to evaluate "pwd" in task args

[ODudek]

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Describe the bug / provide steps to reproduce it

1. Create task with definition like:

    {
        "label": "Run te.py",
        "command": "python3",
        "args": ["$(pwd)/te.py"]
    }

2. run using command task: spawn
3. Got en error can't open file '//$(pwd)/te.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Environment

Zed: v0.124.8 (Zed) OS: macOS 13.5.2 Memory: 16 GiB Architecture: aarch64

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I can see error in logs like below:

2024-03-01T12:05:28+01:00 [ERROR] crates/tasks_ui/src/lib.rs:38: Cannot determine task cwd for multiple worktrees

[osiewicz]

Hey, Thanks for reporting this issue. Currently we spawn static tasks (== tasks from tasks.json) without going through shell, which means that $(pwd) is interpreted literally. To work around that, you can spawn shell first:

  {
    "label": "Run te.py",
    "command": "bash",
    "args": ["-c", "python3 $(pwd)/te.py"]
  }

[osiewicz]

For what it's worth, it seems like we'll have to spawn static tasks through shell, so your original example should work in the near future.