Bash terminal colors in integrated terminal in VS Code
Solution 1
I was able to get colors to work in my Bash integrated terminal in VSCode by configuring my C:\Program Files\Git\etc\bash.bashrc
file. I found that simply using eval "$(dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS)"
alone was not sufficient. At the top of my C:\Program Files\Git\etc\DIR_COLORS
file I saw this:
# Configuration file for dircolors, a utility to help you set the
# LS_COLORS environment variable used by GNU ls with the --color option.
So I tested using ls --color
and it worked! I then created the following aliases in bash.bashrc:
alias ls='ls --color' # list with color
alias la='ls -alF' # list all
I also found that you can customize the colors (and composition) of the Bash prompt by editing the C:\Program Files\Git\etc\profile.d\git-prompt.sh
file and including shopt -q login_shell || . /etc/profile.d/git-prompt.sh
in bash.bashrc.
I can't explain why the ls alias is needed for the integrated terminal but now I'm happy since my colors now match the external terminal.
Solution 2
Solve Windows vscode Open Git Bash No Color
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Download Ansicon
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After unzipping, rename this folder to
ANSICON
and move it toC:\ Program Files \
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Modify the VSCode settings:
// old config: { ... "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Program Files\\ANSICON\\x64\\ansicon.exe", "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": [ "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\sh.exe", "--login", "-i" ] } // new config with after 2021/05: { ... "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Git Bash", "terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": { "Git Bash": { "path": "C:\\Program Files\\ANSICON\\x64\\ansicon.exe", "args": ["C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe", "--login", "-i"] } }, }
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Reopen the terminal.
Solution 3
VSCode team have removed customizing colors from user settings page. Currently using the themes is the only way to customize terminal colors in VSCode. For more information check out issue #6766.
Answer copied from : Color theme for VS Code integrated terminal
Ian Shirley
Updated on July 25, 2022Comments
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Ian Shirley almost 2 years
I'm on a windows 10 machine and I recently installed VS Code to use instead of Sublime Text 3. I changed the integrated terminal in VS Code to default to git Bash. That is working just fine now but I seemed to have lost my color coding for files and directories. I tried adding
eval "$(dircolors -b /etc/DIR_COLORS)"
to my .bash_profile but it still doesn't work in the integrated terminal, however if I open Bash externally all of my colors are still there. -
Admin over 5 yearsThank you! An alias with '--color' did it for me.
alias ls='ls --color' # list with color
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btonasse over 2 yearsThis worked for me, but now I cannot scroll up the console output anymore. Is there a way around this?