From f5d305c0dfd8b9b5876ce924cdaf3000884c61f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:51:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Dont serialize the launch cmd if it is the shell

---
 kitty/window.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index e9724bdf1..7f8ba74f7 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -2003,7 +2003,8 @@ class Window:
             ans.append(f'--type={t}')
 
         if self.creation_spec and self.creation_spec.cmd:
-            ans.extend(self.creation_spec.cmd)
+            if self.creation_spec.cmd != resolved_shell(get_options()):
+                ans.extend(self.creation_spec.cmd)
         return ans