shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd — The usual fixes do not wor

I believe the error is not related to the script at all. The issue is: the directory at which you are when you try to run the script does not exist anymore. for example you have two terminals, cd somedir/ at the first one then mv somedir/ somewhere_else/ at the second one, then try to run whatsoever in the first terminal – you’ll receive this error message.

Please note you’ll get this error even if you re-create directory with the same name because the new directory will have different inode index.

At least this was in my case.

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