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Env var passthrough allowlist grows: AWKPATH, AWKLIBPATH, DEVELOPER_DIR

Environment variable passthrough list adds AWKPATH, AWKLIBPATH, and DEVELOPER_DIR

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Under the hood

Environment variable passthrough list adds AWKPATH, AWKLIBPATH, and DEVELOPER_DIR

What

The list of environment variables Claude Code considers safe to pass through (alongside existing ones like GNUMAKEFLAGS, MFLAGS, and MAKEFILES) now also includes AWKPATH, AWKLIBPATH, and DEVELOPER_DIR.

Why

This lets commands run by Claude Code correctly inherit these variables, which matter for tools like awk (which uses AWKPATH/AWKLIBPATH to find its scripts) and Apple's developer toolchain (which uses DEVELOPER_DIR), instead of having them stripped from the environment.

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