How do I use Bash on Windows from the Visual Studio Code integrated terminal?

Question

Visual Studio Code on Windows uses PowerShell by default as the integrated terminal. If you want to use Bash from Visual Studio Code, what steps should be followed?

Answer 1

Add the Git\bin directory to the Path environment variable. The directory is %ProgramFiles%\Git\bin by default. By this way you can access Git Bash with simply typing bash in every terminal including the integrated terminal of Visual Studio Code.

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