From a5e0e14e6973903f3f690a9953a4b654760aaf42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Addison <42930383+addisonschultz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:51:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug where CLI fails when installing dependencies on
 Windows machines (#304)

* Add test for windows when installing deps

* Add changeset
---
 .changeset/sweet-seahorses-complain.md | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/init.ts               | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/sweet-seahorses-complain.md

diff --git a/.changeset/sweet-seahorses-complain.md b/.changeset/sweet-seahorses-complain.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8fc4a035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sweet-seahorses-complain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@gitbook/cli': minor
+---
+
+Updates the CLI to check for Windows machines in order to install dependencies correctly
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/init.ts b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
index de9d128fd..2d40dbb2e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/init.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/init.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export async function extendPackageJson(dirPath: string, projectName: string): P
  */
 export function installDependencies(dirPath: string): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        const install = spawn('npm', ['install'], {
+        const install = spawn(/^win/.test(process.platform) ? 'npm.cmd' : 'npm', ['install'], {
             stdio: 'inherit',
             cwd: dirPath,
         });