Windows Terminal - Display the GIT status

Recently, Microsoft released a page that explains how to customize Windows Terminal to colour and display GIT status.

The steps necessary to customize Windows Terminal are:

1. This display requires the use of Powerline glyphs. Without this font, you will see a square instead of the appropriate symbols. You can download and install these Cascadia Code Fonts (extract ZIP and right-click on the TTF files).

   

2. Install Windows Git (if not yet installed).

3. Install Posh-Git and Oh-My-Posh in PowerShell.

   Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
   Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser
   

   

4. Modify the PowerShell console boot script: notepad $PROFILE. This command opens the notepad in your C:[User]\Documents\WindowsPowerShell folder.

   Import-Module posh-git
   Import-Module oh-my-posh
   Set-Theme Paradox
   

   

5. Use the font Cascadia Code PL, in your Windows Terminal configuration: menu Settings and search Windows PowerShell.

   {   
      "name": "Windows PowerShell",
      "commandline": "powershell.exe",
      "fontFace": "Cascadia Code PL",
   },
   

Restart your Windows Terminal and navigate to your Git folders.