Posh-git: Posh Git Won't Show Status or Colors on Prompt (Win 7)

[ghost]

(Posted this on Stack Overflow and got a suggestion to leave it here) -
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26812896/posh-git-wont-show-status-or-colors-on-prompt?noredirect=1#comment42200920_26812896

I'm on Windows 7, installed git and then posh-git (to run git from powershell), no errors. I'm able to enter git commands like 'git init' and 'git status' now from the powershell, and posh-git's tab completion works in my powershell, so I believe means posh-git was installed successfully.

However, according to posh-git documentation, my powershell prompt should now provide 'git status' info with colors (like [master] when my directory has a .git file), but it doesn't. I ran $GitPromptSettings (which I found on posh-git's github readme) but "EnablePromptStatus" is True, and I don't see any other options in the GitPromptSettings that it looks like I should change to enable the prompt status.

My current directory in powershell has a .git folder in it, from a 'git init' command I entered in powershell, so I can't figure out why posh-git's PromptStatus feature isn't reflected in my powershell prompt.

[keystroke]

Hello, what do you see when you type "$Function:prompt" into the PowerShell terminal? This should return the contents of the function that is run to generate the prompt.

The next thing to verify is that your profile contains a call to declare this function prompt. Type "notepad $profile" to view and edit the contents of this file.

Also note that you actually have two profiles - one for when you run PowerShell from the terminal, and another for when you run ISE. Verify that your profile contains a call that looks something like the below:

# Load posh-git example profile
. '<path to your git repo>\posh-git\profile.example.ps1'

Also verify that the contents of the file shown above contain code like the following (you can customize this to suit your personal preference):

Push-Location (Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent)

# Load posh-git module from current directory
Import-Module .\posh-git

# If module is installed in a default location ($env:PSModulePath),
# use this instead (see about_Modules for more information):
# Import-Module posh-git


# Set up a simple prompt, adding the git prompt parts inside git repos
function global:prompt {
    $realLASTEXITCODE = $LASTEXITCODE

    # Reset color, which can be messed up by Enable-GitColors
    $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $GitPromptSettings.DefaultForegroundColor

    Write-Host($pwd.ProviderPath) -nonewline

    Write-VcsStatus

    $global:LASTEXITCODE = $realLASTEXITCODE
    return "> "
}

Enable-GitColors

Pop-Location

Start-SshAgent -Quiet

[dahlbyk]

Also, do you see anything in $Error?

[ghost]

Hey, sorry for the slow response. I'm at work now so can't test this out
(my issue and git/python are on my home computer for a side project) but
will try these out soon and get back to you. Thanks for the help!

Max

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Keith Dahlby [email protected]
wrote:

Also, do you see anything in $Error?

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[ghost]

Hi, thanks again for reviewing this issue, and for maintaining poshgit!

So, when I type $Error into powershell (shell not ISE), nothing outputs (just back to >).

When I typed "$Function:prompt, I got the following response:
PS C:\users\max\desktop\git_practice> $Function:prompt
"PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) "

.Link

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=225750

.ExternalHelp System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml

And finally, when I typed notepad $profile, a notepad file called PowerShell_profile.ps1 opened, but it was actually totally blank. So I should have to add text to that whenever I create a new git init? Or should poshgit update my powershell profile automatically?

My execution policy is remote-signed, so I don't think I should be preventing undue changes to my profile in general. Should I re-install posh-git with an unrestricted execution policy?

Thanks,
Max

[dahlbyk]

Your prompt looks like posh-git isn't being loaded at all, which is what I would expect if your PowerShell_profile.ps1 is empty.

I would try running posh-git's install.ps1 again. If your remote-signed execution policy allows that script to run, the module itself should load just fine.

[barry-hall]

I was having this issue also in powershell; Note my solution is almost identitcal to dahlbyk's. Although to allow certain git commands you need the line
$env:TERM="msys"

Additionally if your like me then you don't want the preceding *.* that is on the posh-git import line

So, in C:\users\documents\ YOURUSERNAME \WindowsPowershell\

edit with notepad: Microsoft.PowerShell_profile1.ps1

Copy / Paste:

$env:TERM="msys"
Push-Location (Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent)

# Load posh-git module from default directory
Import-Module posh-git

# Set up a simple prompt, adding the git prompt parts inside git repos
function global:prompt {
    $realLASTEXITCODE = $LASTEXITCODE

    # Reset color, which can be messed up by Enable-GitColors
    $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor = $GitPromptSettings.DefaultForegroundColor

    Write-Host($pwd.ProviderPath) -nonewline

    Write-VcsStatus

     $global:LASTEXITCODE = $realLASTEXITCODE
    return "> "
}

Enable-GitColors

Pop-Location

Start-SshAgent -Quiet

Save this file then restart powershell and you'll be good to go.

[rkeithhill]

I believe this has been addressed with PR #349. @dahlbyk Do you concur that we can close this?