Specify Different Command Prompt for Visual Studio

Question

In Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 is it possible to have a different program, say gitbash or powershell, run for:

Team Explorer > Actions > Open Command Prompt

So far, I have only found instructions to customize the default developer command prompt. I seek to use a different prompt entirely.

UPDATE: To illustrate what I mean by 'Actions` under Team Explorer here's a small screen shot:

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '19 at 18:07

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Use the Open Command Line extension.

You can define multiple command line options available from the solution explorer context menu, including a default which has a keyboard mapping.

(I don't know what you mean by actions in Team Explorer: do you have a not-git VCS option set?)

answered Jun 20 '19 at 18:07

Richard

Thanks for pointing out this extension. It's an option to consider. I've added a screenshot to help identify what I am referring to as Team Explorer > Actions. – Trevor Reid Jun 20 '19 at 18:18
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@TrevorReid The git changes tool window... (yes it can be reached from Team Explorer, but I run with a separate instance (the arrow top right allows it to be opened separately), I know of no way to customise that... but Open Command Line's Alt-Space to open a default does work even with the focus in the changes window. – Richard Jun 20 '19 at 18:33
works great. The only drawback I found to this extension is that its default keyboard shortcut is ALT + SPACE. This is a standard shortcut to the Window Buttons (Restore, Move, Size, etc.) across Windows. Fortunately, the extension provides a setting to customize this shortcut in its Options Window under Environment -> Keyboard. It's just sort of an unfortunate default. Ultimately though, this gets me where I need to be. – Trevor Reid Jun 21 '19 at 13:35
Extensions are great, but they add an extra overhead (sometimes low, but never zero). It would be great if M$ absorbed those main features into the product itself. – Alexandre Dec 05 '19 at 16:14

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