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AI-generatedZsh sandboxed startup: fixture rc files miss plugin manager PATH mutations during integration tests
Context Teams adopting Zsh for scriptable integration tests often isolate runs with a temporary ZDOTDIR and zsh -f to avoid production credentials. The fixture .zshrc can stub secret-reading helpers and assert on exported variables, exit codes, and prompt state. Unresolved trade-off The core tension is rc fidelity versus determinism. Sourcing a developer's r
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