From 860aa7889c1fe3fa6ca63da8ba4f833f803a4238 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Ehlers Nyholm Thomsen <adament@adament.net>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 18:44:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix micromamba powershell activation (#55643)

Powershell does not support eval, furthermore pwsh is also a
"powershell" shell for micromamba.

Self-Review Checklist:

- [X] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [X] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [X] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [ ] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [X] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Release Notes:

- Fixes micromamba powershell activation
---
 crates/languages/src/python.rs | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/languages/src/python.rs b/crates/languages/src/python.rs
index 5cdff8654f..26e96789a0 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/python.rs
+++ b/crates/languages/src/python.rs
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ fn micromamba_shell_name(kind: ShellKind) -> &'static str {
         ShellKind::Csh => "csh",
         ShellKind::Fish => "fish",
         ShellKind::Nushell => "nu",
-        ShellKind::PowerShell => "powershell",
+        ShellKind::PowerShell | ShellKind::Pwsh => "powershell",
         ShellKind::Cmd => "cmd.exe",
         // default / catch-all:
         _ => "posix",
@@ -1470,9 +1470,17 @@ impl ToolchainLister for PythonToolchainProvider {
                     // Activate micromamba shell in the child shell
                     // [required for micromamba]
                     if manager == "micromamba" {
-                        let shell = micromamba_shell_name(shell);
-                        activation_script
-                            .push(format!(r#"eval "$({manager} shell hook --shell {shell})""#));
+                        match shell {
+                            ShellKind::PowerShell | ShellKind::Pwsh => {
+                                activation_script.push(format!(r#"(& {manager} shell hook --shell powershell) | Out-String | Invoke-Expression"#));
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                let shell_name = micromamba_shell_name(shell);
+                                activation_script.push(format!(
+                                    r#"eval "$({manager} shell hook --shell {shell_name})""#
+                                ));
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
 
                     if let Some(name) = &toolchain.environment.name {