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Amanda Giannelli
Amanda Giannelli

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Setting The Default Terminal In VS Code

Sometimes you want a tutorial that is straight and to the point. You want the how, not the who, what, where, when, why.

Today's quick lesson: setting the default terminal in VS Code.

Steps

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Press CTRL+Shift+P / โ‡งโŒ˜P and search for terminal select default shell
  3. Make your selection and press enter (In my case I chose Git Bash)

All of your new terminals will now default to your choice ๐ŸŽ‰

I hoped this helped you. If there are other quick tips you'd like, or more in depth topics you'd like me to cover, leave a comment or reach out to me, @giannelli.tech

Thanks for reading! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป

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Zachiah •

Thanks! On windows it is currently terminal select default profile

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Yair Even Or • • Edited

On windows it is here:

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Ilham Akhyar •

Please help, why i'm not see git bash option?

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Shelby Anne •

You need to install it git-scm.com/downloads

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Ilham Akhyar •

Thanks for the reply, but i mean in setting vs code i didn't see that option. I already install git (with the git bash ofc)

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Tove Stanley •

Same on my current version of macOS Big Sur

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yinon elbaz •

thanks!!!!!!!!

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TanyaIvchenko •

Thank you!

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Nautane •

Thanks !

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Rasheed Mikail •

Thank you

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Shaun Mbhiza •

Thank you.

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jacksonPrimo •

thanks

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Amanda Giannelli •

You're welcome!