WindowsTerminalPrettyPrompt.md

Creating a Pretty Prompt in Windows Termainal

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posh-git

posh-git is a PowerShell module that integrates Git and PowerShell by providing Git status summary information that can be displayed in the PowerShell prompt.

posh-git also provides tab completion support for common git commands, branch names, paths and more. For example, with posh-git, PowerShell can tab complete git commands like checkout by typing git ch and pressing the tab key. That will tab complete to git checkout and if you keep pressing tab, it will cycle through other command matches such as cherry and cherry-pick. You can also tab complete remote names and branch names e.g.: git pull or<tab> ma<tab> tab completes to git pull origin main.

oh-my-posh

Oh My Posh is a custom prompt engine for any shell that has the ability to adjust the prompt string with a function or variable.

Terminal-Icons

A PowerShell module to show file and folder icons in the terminal.

Terminal-Icons is a PowerShell module that adds file and folder icons when displaying items in the terminal. This relies on the custom fonts provided by Nerd Fonts.

You must be using one of the fonts provided by Nerd Fonts for this module to work as these fonts include tons of custom glyphs/icons that are referenced by their unicode number.

Install and Configure

winget install oh-my-posh

Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons -Repository PSGallery -Scope CurrentUser

Edit the $PROFILE file (~\Documents\Powershell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1), add the following lines to the top:

Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module -Name Terminal-Icons

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH\blue-owl.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression

More oh-my-posh prompts can be found at Themes | Oh My Posh.

Windows Terminal Settings

Change the Windows Terminal profile settings for Powershell Core to:

    {
        "antialiasingMode": "cleartype",
        "colorScheme": "Campbell",
        "font":
        {
            "face": "CaskaydiaCove NF"
        },
        "guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
        "hidden": false,
        "name": "PowerShell",
        "source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore"
    }

Notes:

• The guid could be different.
• The font face is important for the correct icons.

Visual Studio Code Terminal

Be sure to change the Font setting for the VS Code terminal or the icons will not show properly.

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References

PowerShell Modules

• posh-git
• oh-my-posh
• Terminal-Icons

Written guides:

• It's time for you to install Windows Terminal
• Taking your PowerShell prompt to the next level with Windows Terminal and Oh my Posh 3
• Patching the new Cascadia Code to include Powerline Glyphs and other Nerd Fonts for the Windows Terminal
• Take your Windows Terminal and PowerShell to the next level with Terminal Icons

Fonts and Themes

• Nerd Fonts
• Themes | Oh My Posh