Visual Studio 2019 has recently added a new (much-needed) terminal feature in its 16.6 version. It's really great, but I'm having a hard time integrating git bash in the profiles.
I've tried a few variations of arguments and whatnot of the following profile:
But whenever I try selecting that profile, the terminal shortly displays a blank screen, then opens the default PowerShell terminal.
What am I doing wrong and how can I configure the profile correctly?
In case you haven't figured it out already: You need to add argument -i (to make the shell interactive), and I also recommend --login (to make the shell read default profile configuration files).
Try adding the following in the Arguments field:
--login -i
Solution I am using while waiting for a better one:
Shell Location: C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe Arguments: /k ""%VSAPPIDDIR%..\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" & bash"
Essentially, I am launching cmd and running the "bash" command at launch, effectively nesting the bash terminal within cmd.
My Workaround:
What you no one mentioned in all of these replies is that you need the shell not the executable different things...
Shell Location: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\sh.exe
Arguments: (If you have any preferences add here, it works without)
And...
Walah!
