From 989f1da158000a4eef5090f0583365727c5fd94b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juan Barbat <juan@barbat.dev>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 08:39:44 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(zsh): move PATH entries to the front even when already
 present

An inherited late ~/.local/bin (sshd, /etc/profile) was never moved, so on
agent-gentle /usr/bin/gs (Ghostscript) shadowed gs.
---
 zsh/cortex-dotfiles.zsh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zsh/cortex-dotfiles.zsh b/zsh/cortex-dotfiles.zsh
index f27561a..77021a0 100644
--- a/zsh/cortex-dotfiles.zsh
+++ b/zsh/cortex-dotfiles.zsh
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ fi
 #endregion
 
 #region PATH
+# Moves $1 to the front of PATH (adds it when missing). An entry inherited at the
+# end of PATH (sshd, /etc/profile) must still win: on agent-gentle a late
+# ~/.local/bin let /usr/bin/gs (Ghostscript) shadow gs.
 _cortex_dotfiles_path_prepend() {
-    [[ ":$PATH:" == *":$1:"* ]] || export PATH="$1:$PATH"
+    path=("$1" ${path:#$1})
+    export PATH
 }
 
 # ~/.local/bin always, even before it exists (installers create it later).