helix changes cwd?

[k4lizen]

Summary

This manifests to me while using kitty. In my .config/kitty/kitty.conf I have this line:

map ctrl+shift+\ launch --location=vsplit --cwd=current

and a few similar others, that allow me to split the terminal in the current directory.

When I press this key-combo while a pane with helix is focused, the new tab gets spawned in the root of the git repository I'm in, rather than the folder from which I opened helix.

Reproduction Steps

Say you're in ~/a/b/c/d/ and ~/a/ is the root of a git repository. Here is what happens:

1. hx some_file.c
2. press ctrl+shift+\ key combination
3. new terminal pane gets spawned into ~/a/ instead of ~/a/b/c/d/.

I'm guessing helix is feeding kitty the wrong "current directory" information because I'm not sure what else could be the issue.

If I do the same with vim instead of hx, everything works as expected i.e. I get dropped into ~/a/b/c/d/.

If I run :pwd or :sh pwd from inside helix, it does in fact show ~/a/b/c/d/.

Helix log

No response

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

kitty 0.42.1

Installation Method

source

Helix Version

helix 25.01.1 (684e108)

[David-Else]

This works for me to open a new window in tall mode (a split by default) in the CWD, does it work for you?

enabled_layouts         tall,stack
map ctrl+enter          launch --cwd=current
map alt+l               next_layout

You can toggle back to full screen with alt+l. I am using kitty 0.41.1 and the latest Helix master.