another CI attempt

Author: pokey

packages/test-harness/package.json

@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
     "tail": "2.2.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/cross-spawn": "6.0.6",
     "@types/glob": "^8.1.0",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.9",
     "@types/tail": "2.2.3",
     "@vscode/test-electron": "^2.4.1",
+    "cross-spawn": "7.0.3",
     "mocha": "^10.7.3"
   },
   "types": "./out/runners/extensionTestsNeovim.d.ts",

packages/test-harness/src/launchVscodeAndRunTests.ts

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import {
   resolveCliArgsFromVSCodeExecutablePath,
   runTests,
 } from "@vscode/test-electron";
-import * as cp from "node:child_process";
 import * as os from "node:os";
 import * as path from "node:path";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 
 /**
  * Downloads and launches VSCode, instructing it to run the test runner
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ export async function launchVscodeAndRunTests(extensionTestsPath: string) {
     console.log(`cli: ${cli}`);
     console.log(JSON.stringify(extensionInstallArgs, null, 2));
 
-    const { status, signal, error } = cp.spawnSync(cli, extensionInstallArgs, {
-      encoding: "utf-8",
+    const { status, signal, error } = spawnSync(cli, extensionInstallArgs, {
       stdio: "inherit",
-      shell: true,
     });
 
     console.log("status: ", status);