readShortcut read the shortcut TargetPath via [Console]::Out.Write, which
uses the system OEM code page by default. On Russian Windows (CP866) this
encoded Cyrillic characters differently from UTF-8, so Go's string(output)
produced a garbled path that never matched os.Executable, causing
AutostartStatus to always report "shortcut points to another executable"
for any install directory that contained non-ASCII characters.
Fix: prepend [Console]::OutputEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
to the readShortcut PowerShell script so the output is always UTF-8.
Also harden sameWindowsPath against NTFS 8.3 short names: when a directory
name contains spaces Windows assigns a short name (e.g. LOCALG~1 for
"Local Git"), and the OS may use that form when launching from a
Startup-folder shortcut. Add an os.SameFile fallback that compares paths
by volume serial number and file index, which is immune to 8.3 vs long
name differences as well as directory junction points.
Add normalizeWindowsPath helper that strips quotes and the \?\ extended-
length prefix before filepath.Clean so those variants compare equal to
the plain path.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add explanatory comments around startup timing, single-instance focus handoff, config migration, and Windows/Linux autostart choices.
The new comments capture why these implementations were chosen, what alternatives were intentionally avoided, and which user-facing problems those tradeoffs solve.
Add a shared --start-in-tray argument that lets autostart start the scheduler and tray integration without opening the main window.
Write the argument into Windows Startup shortcuts and Linux XDG Autostart desktop entries, and verify existing autostart entries include it.
Keep manual launches unchanged and let a manual second launch reveal an already-running instance while duplicate autostart launches stay hidden.
Replace the HKCU Run autostart entry with a per-user Startup folder shortcut. A .lnk stores TargetPath separately, which avoids fragile quoting when the executable path contains spaces.
Remove legacy PySentry and GoSentry Run entries when saving autostart settings, and report shortcut status from the actual shortcut target.
Add Windows tests that create and read a temporary shortcut with spaces in the path so the PowerShell/COM invocation remains covered.
Add Linux desktop integration that installs a user-level .desktop file and icon under XDG data directories so taskbars can match the PySentry window to the application icon.
Pass the installed icon path into Linux autostart desktop entries when available, while keeping the Windows and fallback autostart APIs compatible.
Bump the application version to 0.2.2, update README artifact examples, and record the release notes in docs/CHANGELOG.md. Also adjust the Mermaid architecture diagram so Gitea can render it without invalid SVG line-break tags.
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