ENABLE "run Command as a login shell" in vscode

Question

I am using vscode on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I have set my ubuntu's terminal preferences as Run command as login shell (bash). Now, i open vs code. It also opens up the integrated bash terminal. I wanted to know whether "run command as login shell" is enabled on vscode also?

Answer 1

I was looking for the same thing today. I think I figured it out as I'm not getting the errors I was before.

I followed the documentation here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/integrated-terminal#_configuring-profiles

I added a "terminal.integrated.profiles.linux" entry in the settings.json file and it auto-added entries for each of the available terminal types. I edited the one for bash to add "args": ["--login"] and then opened up a new terminal tab and the new one worked.

Here is the full entry that was added to settings.json:

"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
      "bash": {
        "path": "bash",
        "icon": "terminal-bash",
        "args": ["--login"]
      },
      "zsh": {
        "path": "zsh"
      },
      "fish": {
        "path": "fish"
      },
      "tmux": {
        "path": "tmux",
        "icon": "terminal-tmux"
      },
      "pwsh": {
        "path": "pwsh",
        "icon": "terminal-powershell"
      }
    }

You can run shopt login_shell to verify if the terminal is running as a login shell. It will print login_shell on if it is

Answer 2

With Pop!_OS 22.04 and VS Code 1.70 adding this to my user settings.json worked:

{
    "terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
      "zsh (login)": {
        "path": "zsh",
        "args": ["-l"]
      }
    },
    "terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "zsh (login)"
}

This adds a new profile and sets it as the default rather than attempting to override built in profiles.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/terminal/profiles