From b89aa4488cef24b68e23fdcafdf7773d6ae9e762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Girish Ramakrishnan <girish@cloudron.io>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:59:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] shell: add string fields for debugging

---
 src/shell.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/shell.js b/src/shell.js
index 82a012f72..d549b58ac 100644
--- a/src/shell.js
+++ b/src/shell.js
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ function spawn(tag, file, args, options) {
 
             const e = new BoxError(BoxError.SHELL_ERROR, `${file} exited with code ${code} signal ${signal}`);
             e.stdout = stdout; // when promisified, this is the way to get stdout
+            e.stdoutString = options.encoding ? stdout : stdout.toString(); // make error printable
             e.stdoutLineCount = stdoutLineCount;
             e.stderr = stderr; // when promisified, this is the way to get stderr
+            e.stderrString = options.encoding ? stderr : stderr.toString(); // make error printable
             e.stderrLineCount = stderrLineCount;
             e.code = code;
             e.signal = signal;