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How to set Git Bash as integrated terminal in VSCode in 2021

andrewriveradev

Andrew

Posted on May 13, 2021

How to set Git Bash as integrated terminal in VSCode in 2021
  "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell": { "source": "PowerShell", "icon": "terminal-powershell" },
    "Command Prompt": {
      "path": [
        "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
        "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
      ],
      "icon": "terminal-cmd"
    },
    "GitBash": {
      "path": ["C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"],
      "source": "Git Bash",
      "icon": "terminal-bash"
    },
    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "GitBash",
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As of April 2021 "terminal.integrated.shell.windows" is deprecated in VSCode.

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\...\\...\\bin\\bash.exe",
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To configure Git Bash as the default integrated terminal in VSCode version 1.56 on Windows 10

Step 1: Open command palette (CMD + Shift + P)
Step 2: Search "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)"
Step 3: Create a new field by typing "" (double quotation key). Inside the quotation type "terminal." a list of options will appear.
Step 4: Select terminal.integrated.profiles.windows. When you select terminal.integrated.profiles.windows it will be expanded to:

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
  "PowerShell": {
    "source": "PowerShell",
    "icon": "terminal-powershell"
  },
  "Command Prompt": {
    "path": [
      "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
      "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
    ],
    "args": [],
    "icon": "terminal-cmd"
  },
  "GitBash": {
    "source": "Git Bash",
    "path": ["C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"],
    "icon": "terminal-bash"
  }
},
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Step 5: Set default terminal to Git Bash

  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "GitBash",
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IMPORTANT
The defaultProfile.windows value must be one word to work.

  "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell": {
    "source": "PowerShell",
    "icon": "terminal-powershell"
  },
    "Command Prompt": {
      "path": [
        "${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
        "${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
      ],
      "icon": "terminal-cmd"
    },
    "Git Bash": {
      "path": ["C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe"],
      "source": "Git Bash",
      "icon": "terminal-bash"
    },
  }, 
  "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Git Bash",
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Does not work!

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Posted on May 13, 2021

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