Powershell configuration file

About

The current version of the configuration file has two functions:

1. It changes the appearance of powershell prompt:
   • Only name of the current directory is shown. E.g. projects instead of C:\Users\username\username\projects is displayed.
   • If the current directory is the home directory, the symbol "~" shown. E.g. ~ instead of username is displayed.
   • If the current directory is a git repository, the name of the active branch is displayed.
2. It defines some useful commands and aliases:
   • mkv command creates a new python virtual environment in directory ".\venv".
   • vrun command activates the environment in ".\venv" directory.

The inspiration of the project is oh-my-zsh project.

Installation

In order to use the configuration file on your system, you should place it at the location pointed by $profile command in PowerShell.

$profile

The script "setup.ps1" will do exactly this. As alternative, the following command can be executed in PowerShell in the directory with the repository.

cp Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 $profile

All the changes will be applied to all new sessions in PowerShell.

Customization

The file provided can also be used as a starting point for your own configuration file. The author recommends to use The Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) which can be launched via following command in PowerShell.

powershell_ise.exe