So, one of the cool things about this repository (Hi! I’m the engineering lead for the Terminal/Console/… team. I’m biased!) is that it also contains the source for ConPTY and the rest of the Windows console host[1]. Every change made here flows back into Windows, and vice-versa.

In this repo, you can find some of our terrible secrets and workarounds and debugging hooks and perhaps even some explanation for why things work the way they do. Or don't work the way they should.

If you’re looking for a good[2] way to spend a few minutes, search for “LOAD BEARING” :)

[1]: If you build the “Host.EXE” project and copy the resulting OpenConsole.exe over %WINDIR%\System32\conhost.exe, it’ll work just fine and you’ll pick up a bunch of the console changes we’ve made in the past few years.

[2] Goodness not guaranteed, void where prohibited, etc.

EDIT: Oh, kaelinl mentioned this in a sibling comment to yours. Sorry about that! I've also reworded parts of the main comment body to flow better.