powershell > colors and git with oh-my-posh

3 min readJun 25, 2020

abstract

The concern is documenting the colorization of powershell via oh-my-posh (a variation on linux-based oh-my-zsh). I am strongly advocating for using Meslo font and Avit theme — but it may be possible to customize as per personal taste, too. The beginning of the terminal looked:

After all’s done:

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1. install modules

Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser
Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser

2. change font

go to Releases · ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
download one fo the selected fonts — I go for Meslo because it has all unicode characters needed for GIT
extract the package into a dedicated folder
download install.ps1 and put it into the same folder with extracted fonts
run ./install.ps1 to import the fonts into Windows
run the command to install the MesloLGMDZ Nerd Font Mono (or the font name of your choice) as a terminal font

Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console" -Name "FaceName" -Value "MesloLGMDZ Nerd Font Mono" -Type String;

for VSCODE integrated terminal users: add "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGMDZ Nerd Font Mono", into settings.json to have the font changed also in the integrated terminal
restart console (note the change of the typeface — not striking at first)

3. set-prompt

• run Set-Prompt

4. set-theme

run Set-Theme Avit
optionally, run Get-Theme to get a list of available themes and try if something else suits you better

5. modify profile

open your PowerShell profile with ii $profile
put the following lines at the top of the profile to make the change persistent across sessions

Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh
Set-Theme Avit

sources

Make Your PowerShell 7 Truly Powerful — Beyond the Windows — Medium