fix(@angular/cli): normalize Windows drive-letter casing for process.cwd - #33753
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This pull request introduces a normalization step for Windows environments in packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts to ensure the drive letter in the current working directory is uppercase, preventing ESM module duplication and path lookup mismatches. The review feedback recommends wrapping the process.chdir call in a try...catch block to prevent potential CLI crashes if the directory change fails, and optimizing the logic by caching the result of process.cwd() to avoid redundant system calls.
Windows cmd.exe and VS Code terminals often preserve lowercase drive letters (e.g. c:\...), which causes ESM module duplication in Node.js (e.g. loading 'vitest' twice) and path lookup mismatches in tools like Vite and esbuild. Normalizing process.cwd() early in CLI startup ensures consistent uppercase drive letter casing across all builders, worker threads, and ESM module resolution on Windows.
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cmd.exeand VS Code terminals often preserve lowercase drive letters (e.g.c:\...), which causes ESM module duplication in Node.js (e.g. loadingvitesttwice) and path lookup mismatches in tools like Vite and esbuild.Normalizing
process.cwd()early in CLI startup ensures consistent uppercase drive letter casing across all builders, worker threads, and ESM module resolution on Windows.