From e9061a221c64cdd72c0ff0af2da118ba6fbca9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: luxick <git@luxick.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 19:29:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Hide console on windows

The companion does no longer show a terminal window pop up
---
 cmd/companion/commands.go         |  4 +++-
 cmd/companion/commands_other.go   |  8 ++++++++
 cmd/companion/commands_windows.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 cmd/companion/main.go             |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cmd/companion/commands_other.go
 create mode 100644 cmd/companion/commands_windows.go

diff --git a/cmd/companion/commands.go b/cmd/companion/commands.go
index 6d2c647..07ff844 100644
--- a/cmd/companion/commands.go
+++ b/cmd/companion/commands.go
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ func runOpenCommand(template, path string) error {
 	if !sawPath {
 		tokens = append(tokens, path)
 	}
-	return exec.Command(tokens[0], tokens[1:]...).Start()
+	cmd := exec.Command(tokens[0], tokens[1:]...)
+	hideConsole(cmd)
+	return cmd.Start()
 }
 
 // tokenizeCommand splits a command-line string into argv tokens, honouring
diff --git a/cmd/companion/commands_other.go b/cmd/companion/commands_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dac4ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/companion/commands_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package main
+
+import "os/exec"
+
+// Allows running commands without showing a terminal window on startup when not running on windows
+func hideConsole(*exec.Cmd) {}
diff --git a/cmd/companion/commands_windows.go b/cmd/companion/commands_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0946071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/companion/commands_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// This is the windows CREATE_NO_WINDOW syscall.
+// We have no golang.org/x/sys dependency, so this will suffice
+const createNoWindow = 0x08000000
+
+// Allows running commands without showing a terminal window on startup on windows
+func hideConsole(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		HideWindow: true,
+		CreationFlags: createNoWindow,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/companion/main.go b/cmd/companion/main.go
index 761a755..de81939 100644
--- a/cmd/companion/main.go
+++ b/cmd/companion/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
-const version = "1"
+const version = "2"
 
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()