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integrate msys2 to VSCode and JetBrains on windows inheriting the path variable from the user. optionally you can install fish with msys2, intuitive terminal, I recommend it
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FOR VSCODE IN FILE settings.json

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
  "Bash": {
    "path": "C:\laragon\bin\git\bin\bash.exe",
  },
  "MSYS2": {
    "path": "C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe",
    "label": "MSYS2",
    "args": ["--login", "-i"],
    "env": {
      "MSYSTEM": "MINGW64",
      "CHERE_INVOKING": "1",
      "MSYS2_PATH_TYPE": "inherit"
    },
  },
  "FISH": {
    "path": "C:\msys64\usr\bin\fish.exe",
    "label": "MSYS2",
    "args": ["--login", "-i"],
    "env": {
      "MSYSTEM": "MINGW64",
      "CHERE_INVOKING": "1",
      "MSYS2_PATH_TYPE": "inherit"
    },
  },
},

IN JETBRAINS SETTINGS->TOOLS->TERMINAL

IN ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES CONFIGURATION MSYSTEM=MINGW64;CHERE_INVOKING=1;MSYS2_PATH_TYPE=inherit IN SHELL PATH CONFIGURATION C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe --login -i

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ThisNoName commented Jan 29, 2024

Managed to get msys2/fish shell as jetbrain default terminal. Thanks for the solution, seems the one and only on the entire wild wide web!

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ciarancourtney commented Nov 6, 2025

This also works as a single path solution for both wezterm and intellij:

C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -here -no-start -ucrt64 -use-full-path -shell fish

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