From df9c9273678eb1c1a40e0c2db4959050a2363196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nad Alaba <37968805+nadalaba@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 19:05:50 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] build: add shim to call node from wsl

Signed-off-by: Nad Alaba <37968805+nadalaba@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .gitattributes                     | 1 +
 tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi/product.wxs | 5 +++++
 tools/msvs/shims/node              | 8 ++++++++
 vcbuild.bat                        | 2 ++
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tools/msvs/shims/node

diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 36b6c2b11d095b..c76088f82a46e2 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ vcbuild.bat text eol=crlf
 deps/crates/vendor/**/* -text
 deps/npm/bin/npm text eol=lf
 deps/npm/bin/npx text eol=lf
+tools/msvs/shims/node text eol=lf
 deps/corepack/shims/corepack text eol=lf
 tools/msvs/find_python.cmd text eol=crlf
 doc/**/*.md text eol=lf
diff --git a/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi/product.wxs b/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi/product.wxs
index f4a289cfd425e0..20b0c635aeb4d0 100644
--- a/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi/product.wxs
+++ b/tools/msvs/msi/nodemsi/product.wxs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
              Description="!(loc.NodeRuntime_Description)"
              AllowAbsent="no">
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeExecutable"/>
+      <ComponentRef Id="NodeBashShim"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeRegistryEntries"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeVarsScript"/>
       <ComponentRef Id="NodeStartMenu"/>
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@
                        Value="$(var.ProductVersion)"/>
       </Component>
 
+      <Component Id="NodeBashShim">
+        <File Id="node" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\tools\msvs\shims\node"/>
+      </Component>
+
       <Component Id="NodeVarsScript">
         <File Id="nodevars.bat" KeyPath="yes" Source="$(var.RepoDir)\tools\msvs\nodevars.bat"/>
       </Component>
diff --git a/tools/msvs/shims/node b/tools/msvs/shims/node
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..af4e6b9278acee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/msvs/shims/node
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# This allows calling node (without .exe) from WSL bash
+
+WIN_NODE_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
+WIN_NODE_EXE="$WIN_NODE_DIR/node.exe"
+
+exec "$WIN_NODE_EXE" "$@"
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 0d3ce0fd021fb6..b1db8cef44cb67 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ copy /Y ..\tools\msvs\nodevars.bat %TARGET_NAME%\ > nul
 if errorlevel 1 echo Cannot copy nodevars.bat && goto package_error
 copy /Y ..\tools\msvs\install_tools\*.* %TARGET_NAME%\ > nul
 if errorlevel 1 echo Cannot copy install_tools scripts && goto package_error
+copy /Y ..\tools\msvs\shims\*.* %TARGET_NAME%\ > nul
+if errorlevel 1 echo Cannot copy shims && goto package_error
 if defined dll (
   copy /Y libnode.dll %TARGET_NAME%\ > nul
   if errorlevel 1 echo Cannot copy libnode.dll && goto package_error