From 4c47728d6f4e5d603a772b480afce1b3c479c293 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julius de Boer <45075461+JuliusDeBoer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 09:58:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set `TERM` env variable inside the terminal (#22615)

Closes #17991

Release Notes:

- Set the `TERM` environment variable inside the terminal

Currently the terminal inherits the `TERM` variable from the parent
process. However this can cause issues with programs that rely on this
variable to make sure certain features are present. For example not
supporting backspaces making the terminal almost unusable.
---
 crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
index 8adbd28622..f882a31171 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ impl TerminalBuilder {
 
         env.insert("ZED_TERM".to_string(), "true".to_string());
         env.insert("TERM_PROGRAM".to_string(), "zed".to_string());
+        env.insert("TERM".to_string(), "alacritty".to_string());
         env.insert(
             "TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION".to_string(),
             release_channel::AppVersion::global(cx).to_string(),