From dbe38401e53a6960eb6c3dc00b2ba1eebd1d0d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aram Drevekenin <aram@poor.dev>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:44:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(plugins): do not open extra instances of aliases (#3759)

---
 zellij-utils/src/input/layout.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/input/layout.rs b/zellij-utils/src/input/layout.rs
index 7c91f12bfc..d4d8b261a5 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/input/layout.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/input/layout.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,11 @@ impl RunPluginOrAlias {
                         // configuration (i.e. None)
                         .and_then(|c| if c.inner().is_empty() { None } else { Some(c) })
                         == run_alias.configuration.as_ref().and_then(|c| {
-                            if c.inner().is_empty() {
+                            let mut to_compare = c.inner().clone();
+                            // caller_cwd is a special attribute given to alias and should not be
+                            // considered when weighing configuration equivalency
+                            to_compare.remove("caller_cwd");
+                            if to_compare.is_empty() {
                                 None
                             } else {
                                 Some(c)