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Installing Starship.rs on Git Bash for Windows
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Installing Starship prompt on Git Bash for Windows

Source: https://bleepcoder.com/starship/640385008/unable-to-install-on-windows-git-bash-configuration-not

All scripts should be ran in your git bash terminal, not cmd or ps.

  1. Make/Choose folder where to install: mkdir -p ~/bin/starship && cd ~/bin
  2. Download the install script: curl -fsSL https://starship.rs/install.sh > ./install.sh
  3. Run install script: ./install.sh --bin-dir /c/Users/<username>/bin/starship/ --platform pc-windows-msvc
  4. Finally add the following to the end of your .bashrc file:
# ~/.bashrc
...

export PATH=$PATH:"/c/Users/<username>/bin/starship"
eval "$(starship init bash)"

Relaunch git bash terminal

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