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Fix interactive prompts silently failing when installed via bash <(curl ...) #34

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Fix: reconnect stdin to /dev/tty when running via bash <(curl ...)
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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion scripts/curl-install.sh
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cd "$HOME"/.dotfiles || exit

exec ./install.sh
# Reconnect stdin to the terminal so interactive prompts work correctly.
# When running via `bash <(curl ...)`, stdin may be the process substitution
# pipe rather than the terminal, causing read/select to receive EOF immediately.
if [ -t 0 ]; then
exec ./install.sh
else
exec ./install.sh < /dev/tty
fi
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions scripts/install.sh
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# Exit on error, undefined variables, and pipe failures
set -euo pipefail

# Reconnect stdin to the terminal if it is not already a TTY.
# This is needed when the script is invoked via `bash <(curl ...)` where
# stdin may be the process substitution pipe instead of the terminal,
# causing interactive read/select calls to receive EOF immediately.
if [ ! -t 0 ] && [ -c /dev/tty ]; then
exec < /dev/tty
fi

###########################################
# GLOBAL VARIABLES
###########################################
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