VSCode Terminal + Git Bash "command not found" for any command

Question

My settings.json is very simple, it's replacing cmd.exe with sh.exe (from git).

{
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe"
}

Upon opening the shell, absolutely nothing works. I can't even ls.

sh.exe"-3.1$ ls
sh.exe": ls: command not found
sh.exe"-3.1$ cd ..
sh.exe"-3.1$ ls
sh.exe": ls: command not found
sh.exe"-3.1$

Does VSCode not work with Mingw32 (git's bash)? How do I set it up to work?

Flux · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-08 01:38:44Z

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So git bash requires two arguments --login and separately -i

Thus the full json needs to look like:

{
    "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
    "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["--login","-i"]
}

This will cause all commands to work in the integrated terminal.

answered Jan 8, 2017 at 1:38

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Sharukh Mastan Over a year ago

For those who cannot use bash aliases in vscode in windows, adding "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["--login","-i"] in settings worked. Make sure to F1> Reload Window after you do.

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