From a02dec921beb8a8e4d0fa6b83e1d2cf6b365a2e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric=20Barthelet?=
 <frederic.barthelet@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 10:15:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feature: add configuration option for shell of stdio client

---
 src/client/stdio.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/client/stdio.ts b/src/client/stdio.ts
index d62a3aeb6..745a42fb9 100644
--- a/src/client/stdio.ts
+++ b/src/client/stdio.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ export type StdioServerParameters = {
      */
     args?: string[];
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to use a shell to execute the command, or the shell to use.
+     *
+     * If not specified, the default is false.
+     */
+    shell?: string | boolean;
+
     /**
      * The environment to use when spawning the process.
      *
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ export class StdioClientTransport implements Transport {
                     ...this._serverParams.env
                 },
                 stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', this._serverParams.stderr ?? 'inherit'],
-                shell: false,
+                shell: this._serverParams.shell ?? false,
                 signal: this._abortController.signal,
                 windowsHide: process.platform === 'win32' && isElectron(),
                 cwd: this._serverParams.cwd