From 44304bf9e4b9e93d06fed7a4471b06dd0c442971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicholas Marriott <nicholas.marriott@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:10:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add pane_start_command_list to tests.

---
 regress/format-variables.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/regress/format-variables.sh b/regress/format-variables.sh
index dccc0e390..fa51e0216 100644
--- a/regress/format-variables.sh
+++ b/regress/format-variables.sh
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ pane_pipe_pid
 pane_right
 pane_search_string
 pane_start_command
+pane_start_command_list
 pane_start_path
 pane_synchronized
 pane_tabs
@@ -343,6 +344,8 @@ test_var pane_at_top "1" -t "$TGT"
 test_var pane_at_left "1" -t "$TGT"
 test_var last_window_index "1" -t "$TGT"
 test_var pid "$($TMUX display-message -p '#{pid}')" -t "$TGT"
+test_var pane_start_command "cat" -t "$TGT"
+test_var pane_start_command_list "'cat'" -t "$TGT"
 
 # The grouped session is reported as such.
 test_var session_grouped "1" -t "cov:"
@@ -384,5 +387,29 @@ esac
 [ -n "$($TMUX display-message -p '#{t/r:start_time}')" ] ||
     fail "Empty #{t/r:start_time}."
 
+# pane_start_command_list quotes each argv word for sh, so evaluating the
+# expansion reconstructs the original argv exactly - including words with
+# quotes, spaces, newlines and empty words.  sh -c ignores the extra words
+# (they become positional parameters), so the pane stays alive.  -u stops
+# the server sanitizing the newline away when printing to a non-UTF-8
+# client (the test runs without a locale in the environment).
+$TMUX new-session -d -s quot -x 80 -y 24 -- sh -c 'sleep 100' arg0 \
+    "it's a 'test'" 'two words' '' 'new
+line' || fail "Failed to create quoting test session."
+LIST=$($TMUX -u display-message -t 'quot:0.0' -p '#{pane_start_command_list}')
+eval "set -- $LIST"
+GOT=$(for a; do printf '<%s>' "$a"; done)
+EXP=$(for a in sh -c 'sleep 100' arg0 "it's a 'test'" 'two words' '' 'new
+line'; do printf '<%s>' "$a"; done)
+if [ "$GOT" != "$EXP" ]; then
+	echo "pane_start_command_list did not round-trip."
+	echo "Expected: $EXP"
+	echo "But got:  $GOT"
+	fail "Expansion was: $LIST"
+fi
+# A pane started with the default shell has an empty start command.
+$TMUX new-window -d -t 'quot:' || fail "Failed to create shell window."
+test_var pane_start_command_list "" -t "quot:1.0"
+
 cleanup
 exit 0