Conda activation error appears during task execution

[feeiyu]

Reproduction steps

When executing a task in Zed to open LazyGit while using Zsh, the interface first displays a Conda activation error before showing the LazyGit interface.

• Install Conda and initialize it for Zsh (conda init zsh).
• Set up a task to open LazyGit.
• Open a Python file in Zed, and select the conda virtual environment.
• Run the task in Zed

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Current vs. Expected behavior

Expected Behavior:
The LazyGit interface should open without the Conda activation error.

Actual Behavior:
A Conda activation error is displayed before the LazyGit interface appears.

Zed version and system specs

Zed: v0.224.0+nightly.2158.aa11edf99d9aa6aa23d8876242e74354fa4d4ada (Zed Nightly aa11edf)
OS: Linux Wayland ubuntu 24.04
Memory: 15 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q Design || NVIDIA || 580.126.09

Attach Zed log file

Zed.log

Relevant Zed settings

tasks.json

[
  {
    "label": "lazygit",
    "command": "lazygit -p $ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT",
    "hide": "on_success",
    "reveal_target": "center",
    "allow_concurrent_runs": false,
  },
  {
    "label": "Television Text Search",
    "command": "zed \"$(tv text)\"",
    "hide": "on_success",
    "allow_concurrent_runs": true,
    "use_new_terminal": true,
  },
]

Relevant Keymap

keymap.json

  {
    "context": "vim_mode == normal && !menu",
    "bindings": {
      "space g g": [
        "task::Spawn",
        { "task_name": "lazygit", "reveal_target": "center" },
      ],
    },
  },

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If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?

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[feeiyu]

After further investigation, I found that the issue is caused by running commands in non-interactive mode in Zsh.

zed/crates/project/src/terminals.rs

Lines 211 to 227 in 809d545

	let separator = shell_kind.sequential_commands_separator();
	let activation_script =
	activation_script.join(&format!("{separator} "));
	let to_run = format_to_run();
	let arg = format!("{activation_script}{separator} {to_run}");
	let args = shell_kind.args_for_shell(false, arg);
	(
	Shell::WithArguments {
	program: shell,
	args,
	title_override: None,
	},
	env,
	)
	}

This can be quickly reproduced using the following command from the screenshot.