`ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable` is PowerShell 7+ only, and the Windows 11 reference machine used to validate this PR ships with Windows PowerShell 5.1 only (no `pwsh` on PATH). Without this follow-up, running the installer on stock Windows fails at the parse step and leaves the installation half-applied. - Fall back to a manual `PSCustomObject` -> `Hashtable` conversion when `-AsHashtable` raises, so the script parses the existing settings.local.json on both PS 5.1 and PS 7+. - Normalize both hook buckets (`PreToolUse`, `PostToolUse`) and their inner `hooks` arrays as `System.Collections.ArrayList` before serialization. PS 5.1 `ConvertTo-Json` otherwise collapses single-element arrays into bare objects, which breaks the canonical PR #1524 shape. - Create the `skills/continuous-learning/hooks` destination directory when it does not exist yet, and emit a clearer error if settings.local.json is missing entirely. - Update `INSTALL-HOOK-WRAPPER-FIX-20260422.md` to document the PS 5.1 compatibility guarantee and to cross-link PR #1542 (companion simple patcher). Verified on Windows 11 / Windows PowerShell 5.1.26100.8115 by running `powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File docs/fixes/install_hook_wrapper.ps1` against a sandbox `$env:USERPROFILE` and against the real settings.local.json. Both produce the canonical PR #1524 shape with LF-only output.
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install_hook_wrapper.ps1 argv-dup bug workaround (2026-04-22)
Summary
docs/fixes/install_hook_wrapper.ps1 is the PowerShell helper that copies
observe-wrapper.sh into ~/.claude/skills/continuous-learning/hooks/ and
rewrites ~/.claude/settings.local.json so the observer hook points at it.
The previous version produced a hook command of the form:
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" "C:\Users\...\observe-wrapper.sh"
Under Claude Code v2.1.116 the first argv token is duplicated. When that token
is a quoted Windows executable path, bash.exe is re-invoked with itself as
its $0, which fails with cannot execute binary file (exit 126). PR #1524
documents the root cause; this script is a companion that keeps the installer
in sync with the fixed settings.local.json layout.
What the fix does
- First token is now the PATH-resolved
bash(no quoted.exepath), so the argv-dup bug no longer passes a binary as a script. - The wrapper path is normalized to forward slashes before it is embedded in the hook command, avoiding MSYS backslash handling surprises.
PreToolUseandPostToolUsereceive distinct commands with explicitpre/postpositional arguments, matching the shape the wrapper expects.- The settings file is written with LF line endings so downstream JSON parsers
never see mixed CRLF/LF output from
ConvertTo-Json.
Resulting command shape
bash "C:/Users/<you>/.claude/skills/continuous-learning/hooks/observe-wrapper.sh" pre
bash "C:/Users/<you>/.claude/skills/continuous-learning/hooks/observe-wrapper.sh" post
Usage
# Place observe-wrapper.sh next to this script, then:
pwsh -File docs/fixes/install_hook_wrapper.ps1
The script backs up settings.local.json to
settings.local.json.bak-<timestamp> before writing.
PowerShell 5.1 compatibility
ConvertFrom-Json -AsHashtable is PowerShell 7+ only. The script tries
-AsHashtable first and falls back to a manual PSCustomObject →
Hashtable conversion on Windows PowerShell 5.1. Both hook buckets
(PreToolUse, PostToolUse) and their inner hooks arrays are
materialized as System.Collections.ArrayList before serialization, so
PS 5.1's ConvertTo-Json cannot collapse single-element arrays into
bare objects. Verified by running powershell -NoProfile -File docs/fixes/install_hook_wrapper.ps1 on a Windows 11 machine with only
Windows PowerShell 5.1 installed (no pwsh).
Related
- PR #1524 — settings.local.json shape fix (same argv-dup root cause)
- PR #1511 — skip
AppInstallerPythonRedirector.exein observer python resolution - PR #1539 — locale-independent
detect-project.sh - PR #1542 —
patch_settings_cl_v2_simple.ps1companion fix