diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a89dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.sh text eol=lf
+examples/server/forgeflow-deploy text eol=lf
+scripts/* text eol=lf
diff --git a/src/shared/shell-verification.cjs b/src/shared/shell-verification.cjs
index b9e8b0c..a5b1f14 100644
--- a/src/shared/shell-verification.cjs
+++ b/src/shared/shell-verification.cjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const fs = require('node:fs');
 const path = require('node:path');
 
 function normalizeRelativePosixPath(value) {
@@ -19,11 +20,14 @@ function bashSyntaxCheckInvocation(root, scriptPath = 'examples/server/forgeflow
   if (typeof root !== 'string' || !root.trim()) {
     throw new Error('Project root is required for shell validation.');
   }
+  const relativeScriptPath = normalizeRelativePosixPath(scriptPath);
+  const scriptText = fs.readFileSync(path.join(root, ...relativeScriptPath.split('/')), 'utf8');
   return {
     command: 'bash',
-    args: ['-n', normalizeRelativePosixPath(scriptPath)],
+    args: ['-n'],
     options: {
       cwd: root,
+      input: scriptText.replace(/\r\n?/g, '\n'),
       encoding: 'utf8',
       windowsHide: true
     }
diff --git a/tests/shell-verification.test.mjs b/tests/shell-verification.test.mjs
index e858740..60a37b2 100644
--- a/tests/shell-verification.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/shell-verification.test.mjs
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@ import shellVerification from '../src/shared/shell-verification.cjs';
 
 const { bashSyntaxCheckInvocation, bashSyntaxCheckFromTextInvocation, normalizeRelativePosixPath, validateShellScriptStructure, shouldRunExternalBash } = shellVerification;
 
-test('Bash syntax validation keeps Windows project roots in cwd and passes a relative POSIX path', () => {
-  const invocation = bashSyntaxCheckInvocation('C:\\Projects\\ForgeFlow');
-  assert.equal(invocation.command, 'bash');
-  assert.deepEqual(invocation.args, ['-n', 'examples/server/forgeflow-deploy']);
-  assert.equal(invocation.options.cwd, 'C:\\Projects\\ForgeFlow');
-  assert.equal(invocation.args[1].includes('\\'), false);
-  assert.equal(/^[A-Za-z]:/.test(invocation.args[1]), false);
-});
-
 test('Shell validation refuses absolute and escaping script paths', () => {
   assert.throws(() => normalizeRelativePosixPath('C:\\Projects\\ForgeFlow\\script.sh'), /must be relative/);
   assert.throws(() => normalizeRelativePosixPath('/tmp/script.sh'), /must be relative/);
@@ -34,11 +25,19 @@ test('Bash syntax validation works from a project root containing spaces', async
     await mkdir(relativeDirectory, { recursive: true });
     await copyFile(new URL('../examples/server/forgeflow-deploy', import.meta.url), path.join(relativeDirectory, 'forgeflow-deploy'));
     const invocation = bashSyntaxCheckInvocation(tempBase);
+    assert.equal(invocation.options.cwd, tempBase);
+    assert.deepEqual(invocation.args, ['-n']);
+    assert.equal(invocation.options.input.includes('\r'), false);
     const result = spawnSync(invocation.command, invocation.args, invocation.options);
     assert.equal(result.status, 0, result.stderr);
   } finally {
     try {
-      await rm(tempBase, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 20, retryDelay: 100 });
+      await rm(tempBase, {
+        recursive: true,
+        force: true,
+        maxRetries: 20,
+        retryDelay: 100
+      });
     } catch (error) {
       // Git Bash on Windows can retain a short-lived working-directory handle
       // after bash -n exits. Do not fail a successful syntax test solely because
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ test('Bash syntax validation works from a project root containing spaces', async
   }
 });
 
-
 test('Bash syntax validation from text does not depend on a Windows working directory', () => {
   const invocation = bashSyntaxCheckFromTextInvocation('#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -euo pipefail\necho ok\n');
   assert.equal(invocation.command, 'bash');
@@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ test('Bash syntax validation from text detects malformed scripts', (t) => {
   assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
 });
 
-
 test('portable server-script validation does not require a local Bash executable', () => {
   const script = `#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail
@@ -89,13 +86,9 @@ write_status "unhealthy"
 });
 
 test('portable server-script validation refuses missing deployment safety markers', () => {
-  assert.throws(
-    () => validateShellScriptStructure('#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -Eeuo pipefail\necho unsafe\n'),
-    /missing required safety marker/
-  );
+  assert.throws(() => validateShellScriptStructure('#!/usr/bin/env bash\nset -Eeuo pipefail\necho unsafe\n'), /missing required safety marker/);
 });
 
-
 test('Windows publication never depends on an external Bash shim', () => {
   assert.equal(shouldRunExternalBash('win32'), false);
   assert.equal(shouldRunExternalBash('linux'), true);