Fix for Angular CLI Shell Hang | Generated by AI

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Done. Here’s the summary:

Root cause: source <(ng completion script) in ~/.zshrc line 23. Angular CLI’s ng completion script outputs the completion text correctly but the Node process never exits — it hangs forever. Every new Ghostty tab (or any terminal) was waiting 60s+ for this to finish.

Fix applied:

  1. Saved the completion script statically to ~/.ng-completion.zsh
  2. Replaced the dynamic source <(ng completion script) with source ~/.ng-completion.zsh

Result: Shell startup went from 60s+ → 0.25s. Open a new Ghostty tab and it should be instant now.

Note: If you add new Angular CLI commands and need updated completions, just re-run timeout 5 ng completion script > ~/.ng-completion.zsh (the completions rarely change).

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