From bbc9d45beeb7eff49c58142f7b0c56d4c136c331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Deusch <steffen@deusch.me>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 17:45:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow lists in env

This is the same as https://github.com/phoenixframework/esbuild/pull/78.
---
 lib/tailwind.ex | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/tailwind.ex b/lib/tailwind.ex
index 78e63d7..926c8d3 100644
--- a/lib/tailwind.ex
+++ b/lib/tailwind.ex
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ defmodule Tailwind do
 
     opts = [
       cd: normalize_windows_driver(config[:cd] || File.cwd!()),
-      env: env,
+      env: normalize_env(env),
       into: IO.stream(:stdio, :line),
       stderr_to_stdout: true
     ]
@@ -552,4 +552,18 @@ defmodule Tailwind do
     |> String.replace("$version", version)
     |> String.replace("$target", target_for_version(version))
   end
+
+  defp normalize_env(env) do
+    Map.new(env, fn
+      {key, value} when is_list(value) -> {key, Enum.join(value, path_sep())}
+      other -> other
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp path_sep do
+    case :os.type() do
+      {:win32, _} -> ";"
+      {:unix, _} -> ":"
+    end
+  end
 end