Cmd sucks. Powershell is weird. I like tabs. Git for windows uses cygwin. Cygwin doesn't interpret ANSI colours.
- Git for Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win
- Console2: https://github.com/cbucher/console/wiki/Downloads
- AnsiCon: https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon/releases
I've installed everything to C:\Apps. It's up to you if you want to install things elsewhere (Program Files, etc).
I chose C:\Apps because some programs really don't like paths with spaces in the names.
- Install Git for Windows to
C:\Apps\Git - Install Console2 to
C:\Apps\Console2 - Extract AnsiCon to
C:\Apps\ansicon
- Run Console2
- Go to Edit > Settings
- Go to Tabs
- Click Add to add a new tab setting
- Set the Title to
Git Bash - Set the Icon to
C:\Apps\Git\etc\git.ico - Set the Shell to
C:\Apps\Ansi166\x64\ansicon.exe "C:\Apps\Git\bin\bash.exe" --login -iWe go through ansicon because cygwin doesn't handle ANSI colours natively, which ends up with messy output. - Set Startup dir to
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH% - Set Cursor to xterm
Part of installing Git for Windows gives you that handy right-click-anywhere and "Git Bash Here" feature. We want that to open Console2 instead of cygwin bash, so:
- Create this file:
C:\Apps\console.vbs
Set AppObj = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
If WScript.Arguments.Length=1 Then
AppObj.ShellExecute "C:\Apps\Console2\Console.exe", " -t ""Git Bash"" -d """ & WScript.Arguments(0) & """"
Else
AppObj.ShellExecute "C:\Apps\Console2\Console.exe", " -t ""Git Bash"""
End If
Running this should open a Console2 tab for Git Bash.
- Create this temporary file:
C:\Apps\bash.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\git_shell\command]
@="\"C:\\windows\\SysWOW64\\wscript\" \"C:\\Apps\\console.vbs\" \"%1\""
Running this will update the Git For Windows "Git Bash Here" command to use our console.vbs.
Now if you right-click anywhere in Windows Explorer, and select "Git Bash Here" it should load Console2 with Bash CLI and support for ANSI Colours.