Change your Powershell prompt to look like bash

February 23, 2017

The script below changes your Powershell prompt to look a bit more like a Bash one. Update your ~Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 file to add the code below. If you aren’t using poshgit then remove the Import-Module and Write-VcsStatus lines.

Import-Module 'C:\tools\poshgit\dahlbyk-posh-git-7d93c81\src\posh-git.psd1'
function prompt {
    # Shorten the path
    $path = $ExecutionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation.Path
    $path = $path.Replace($HOME, "~") 

    Write-Host "$path" -ForegroundColor Green -NoNewline
    Write-VcsStatus
    Write-Host ""
    
    "$('$' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) "
}

Your Powershell command prompt will now look something like this:

~\Documents\Code\Github\yetanotherchris.github.io\_posts [master ≡]
$ echo "hello world"

powershellbash

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