I did notice that, throughout this thread, both command lines keep showing up, namely. Even when a new computer program is compiled and built, it is my understanding that turns out a Windows native *.exe.īut I still don't know how important it is that some of these MSYSTEM* and MINGW* environment variables be set or not, when I am going to be using MINGW compiler, anyway. MSYS2 is mostly Windows with only a few tools that are probably difficult to port remaining non-Windows and requiring a POSIX translation layer to run ( msys*.dll) but, most programs are actually Windows native executables.Even when a new computer program is compiled and built with cygwin, it still turns out a non-Windows executable and it still needs cygwin*.dll to run. Cygwin is not Windows, but it provides a POSIX translation layer ( cygwin*.dll) so that all those non-Windows executables can run.Linux guy, here, sorry I am late I am just installing git-bash for the first time and looking into what its command should be in Windows Terminal. See cursor settings for more information. If you have problems with the cursor, you can try another shape like 'cursorShape': 'filledBox'.

However, you cannot have transparent background without useAcrylic.

It improves the quality of text rendering. You have to remove 'useAcrylic' (if you have added it as suggested by some other answers) to make it work. I recommend to set 'antialiasingMode': 'cleartype' in faults. Settings that shall apply to all terminals can be specified in faults. However, if I don't specify it, the starting directory was different depending on how I started the terminal initially. Specifying 'startingDirectory' : '%USERPROFILE%' shouldn't be necessary according to the reference. It seems to work with the latest preview version, though. There is currently an issue that you cannot use your arrow keys (and some other keys).

You'll want to append one of the profiles options below (depending on what version of git you have installed) to the 'list': portion of the settings.json file:.

Git bash in windows terminal