I work in Windows 10 and usually I have up to 5 CMD windows open. I work this way because I need to run the same application with different data and keep monitoring if any exception is thrown.
I set a number as the window's title (using the title
command) instead of the default text, in order to easily identify which window I'm working in and be able to identify and change between them using Alt+Tab
(an example of how I work with my CMD windows)
Recently I started to use Git and I really like the Git Bash terminal for Windows. I would like to work with Git Bash terminal the same way I work with CMD windows, but I can't find any way to change the window title. I searched a bit and found these instructions and some others (that I can't paste because I'm not allowed to post more than two links yet), but it seems to work only by setting a different default title. I'd like to change the window title to any custom text I choose, at any moment.
Is this possible? Is there a command like title
available for Git Bash?
You can right click on a tab and select Rename Tab to rename a tab for that terminal session. Clicking this option in the context menu will change your tab title into a text field, where you can then edit the title.
By default, the Git Bash Shell displays computer name and username properties in the prompt window. Understandably, some users prefer to change these Git Bash Shell settings. Fortunately, it's not that difficult to do. Edit the git-prompt.sh file to customize the Git Bash Shell prompt's config settings.
Git Bash can be installed as other Windows applications, but you need to first download the executable file from the Git Bash download page and then follow the installation steps.
This thread is a few months old. But I think an alternative will be helpful
You can add following line to .bashrc file in your user profile folder
export TITLEPREFIX="Git Bash"
where you want Git bash to be your title prefix. This is user specific change. So if a machine is used by multiple users with their own logins, everyone can customize their own title.
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