Press down CTRL SHIFT P and type in “ open settings” and open the settings.json file.Īt the end of the file, add the following lines of code: If none of the above worked for you, there is a third way. Reopen a new terminal to make sure Git Bash opens up as default. ![]() Next to the big plus sign, click on the dropdown and select “ Select Default Profile“.įrom the dropdown select “ Git Bash” and you’re all set. Second wayĪnother way to select a default terminal is to open up a new terminal in VS Code. ![]() Now simply select Git Bash and open up a new terminal window by pressing down CTRL SHIFT ~ (tilde) to check if Git Bash opens up as the default terminal. The drop-down includes every shell that is installed in your system that VS Code was able to detect. The easiest way is to press down CTRL SHIFT P and then type in “ select default profile“. If you don’t have Git installed, go over to this website, download, and then install Git.īack to VS Code, there are several ways we can integrate Git Bash as the default terminal. ![]() To check if you have Git installed, open up a command line and type in Close a shell permanently by clicking the trashcan icon.īelow you can see Hello World running in Powershell, with multiple integrated terminals running in VS Code.First, you have to make sure that you have Git installed on your machine. You can switch between your different shells using the dropdown (or bind your own keyboard shortcuts). This time you should see that it’s running PowerShell. Now use ctrl shift ` to add another terminal window (note the shift – without it you’ll just switch to your current shell window instead of adding a new one). "": "C:\\Windows\\sysnative\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe" Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings. On the right, add the following which will replace the default value: Go to File – Preferences – Workspace settings and search for this key. If you want to change from using a standard cmd prompt to using PowerShell, you edit the “” variable in your settings. Note that this console window runs with the same permissions as VS Code, so if you need administrator privileges you’ll need to use something like runas.exe or launch VS Code with elevated permissions. You should see Hello World! execute within your terminal window integrated within VS Code. Run ‘dotnet restore’ (or click the Update ribbon that is probably nagging you at the top of VS Code).’ (code space period) VS Code should launch in the current folder. Create a new directory and change directories into it.Open a command window where you have both ‘dotnet’ and ‘code’ in your path. ![]() If you’re on Windows, this will be a standard command prompt, but you can adjust it to use Powershell or even Bash if you’d like. To enable the integrated shell, just use the ctrl ` keyboard shortcut (that’s control backtick, not apostrophe). This can be nice if you want to use it in full screen mode (or even Zen Mode – try it with ctrl K Z). While I think most users of VS Code are comfortable having it open separately from their command line environment, you can also host an integrated shell (console or terminal) within VS Code itself. It’s a great, open-source tool for quick edits, or even for all day coding. VS Code is a lightweight code editor available for free from Microsoft.
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