# Windows Terminal and Git Bash

Windows users should install Windows Terminal, which we can use to access our command line programs for most of the course:

```
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/install
```

Next, install Git Bash, a "flavor" of command line, which will allow you to run Linux commands (which the default Command Prompt "flavor" doesn't allow):

```
https://git-scm.com/download/win
```

Add Git Bash to the available command line "flavors" in Windows Terminal (demo at <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM9Mb-otqww>):

In Windows Terminal, click the "down notch" and select "Settings" which will open a new tab. In the left margin, click "Add new profile".

Click `New empty profile` button

```
  Name: Git Bash

  Command line: click down notch and then click `Browse` button and navigate to `C:\Program Files\Git` and select `git-bash`.

  Starting directory: Click `Browse` and select the General Assembly folder where you will keep your course work. 

  Icon: C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\share\git\git-for-windows.ico

  Tab title: (optional)

  Hide profile from dropdown: (optional)

  Appearance: make whatever selections you prefer

  Advanced: (optional)

  Click "Save" in lower right corner.
```

In the left margin, click `Startup` and under `Default Profile`, select `Git Bash`.