From 336eaa74e36c9361c045071866bfadd88084e081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie <vector76@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 23:17:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: bd init hangs on Windows when not in a git repository
 (#991)

Traversing up to C:\ creates infinite loop.
---
 internal/beads/beads.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/beads/beads.go b/internal/beads/beads.go
index 1c1e9dc1..d3761fb3 100644
--- a/internal/beads/beads.go
+++ b/internal/beads/beads.go
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func FindBeadsDir() string {
 		gitRoot = mainRepoRoot
 	}
 
-	for dir := cwd; dir != "/" && dir != "."; dir = filepath.Dir(dir) {
+	for dir := cwd; dir != "/" && dir != "."; {
 		beadsDir := filepath.Join(dir, ".beads")
 		if info, err := os.Stat(beadsDir); err == nil && info.IsDir() {
 			// Follow redirect if present
@@ -486,6 +486,16 @@ func FindBeadsDir() string {
 		if gitRoot != "" && dir == gitRoot {
 			break
 		}
+
+		// Move up one directory
+		parent := filepath.Dir(dir)
+		if parent == dir {
+			// Reached filesystem root (works on both Unix and Windows)
+			// On Unix: filepath.Dir("/") returns "/"
+			// On Windows: filepath.Dir("C:\\") returns "C:\\"
+			break
+		}
+		dir = parent
 	}
 
 	return ""