From 80241d2eea464dea28b92b9f4660fa354e819cda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caden Myers <cjm2304@columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 18:50:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] handle subprocess for windows

---
 news/print-info-ci.rst     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/test_packsmanager.py | 19 ++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 news/print-info-ci.rst

diff --git a/news/print-info-ci.rst b/news/print-info-ci.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27fc85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/print-info-ci.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news needed.
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/tests/test_packsmanager.py b/tests/test_packsmanager.py
index 10bf5ab..ffdc78a 100644
--- a/tests/test_packsmanager.py
+++ b/tests/test_packsmanager.py
@@ -372,27 +372,24 @@ def test_print_info(packs_to_install, expected, example_cases, capsys):
     case5dir = example_cases / "case5"
     env_dir = case5dir / "fake_env"
     req_dir = case5dir / "requirements" / "packs"
+    # Handle Windows path format
+    env_dir_str = env_dir.as_posix()
+    shell = os.name == "nt"
     subprocess.run(
-        ["conda", "create", "-y", "-p", str(env_dir)],
+        ["conda", "create", "-y", "-p", env_dir_str],
         check=True,
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
+        shell=shell,
     )
     for pack in packs_to_install:
-        req_file = req_dir / f"{pack}.txt"
+        req_file = (req_dir / f"{pack}.txt").as_posix()
         subprocess.run(
-            [
-                "conda",
-                "install",
-                "-y",
-                "--file",
-                str(req_file),
-                "-p",
-                str(env_dir),
-            ],
+            ["conda", "install", "-y", "--file", req_file, "-p", env_dir_str],
             check=True,
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
+            shell=shell,
         )
     pm = PacksManager(root_path=case5dir)
     pm.print_info()