Git-Bash

Windows Terminal Profile

Name:  Git Bash
Command Line:  "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" --login -i
Starting Directory:  %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
Icon (file):  C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\share\git\git-for-windows.ico
Tab Tile:  Git Bash

Appearace - Text - Color Scheme - Foreground - Green #13A10E

Bashrc

Prompt that will update the window title with the path:

$ cat .bashrc
# PS1='\[\033]0;$TITLEPREFIX:$PWD\007\]\n\[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[35m\]$MSYSTEM \[\033[33m\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$ '
PS1='\[\033]0;GB:$PWD\007\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]$ '

# PS1='\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$ '
# PS1='\[\033]0;$TITLEPREFIX:$PWD\007\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$ '

Default PS1 is:

PS1='\[\033]0;$TITLEPREFIX:$PWD\007\]\n\[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[35m\]$MSYSTEM \[\033[33m\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$ '

Symbolic Links

Requires Elevated Privileges: (or UAC turned off)

export MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
ln -s <target_path> <link_name>

Requires Elevated Privileges:

 cmd /c "mklink /D <link_name> <target_directory>" # For directory symlinks
 cmd /c "mklink <link_name> <target_file>" # For file symlinks

Turn on in Git:

git config --global core.symlinks true

# local only
git config core.symlinks true

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ref: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/23591