Add useful git extensions courtesy of the GitHub app to all your PowerShell terminals

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Assuming you have the GitHub for Windows app installed, add the following to your primary PowerShell profile to use the GitHub app installation of Git, posh-git, and SSH key manager in all console windows without installing a duplicate copies.

The default PowerShell profile is typically located at $env:profile\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1, but you can also run $profile from a PowerShell window to find the path of your active profile.

Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

. (Resolve-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\GitHub\shell.ps1")
if (test-path env:github_posh_git) {
  . $env:github_posh_git\profile.example.ps1
}