Saving Aliases for powershell in Visual Studio code

Question

I'm pretty new to both visual studio code and PowerShell, mostly used gitBash before. I'm just wondering if there is a way to save aliases that I set in the powershell, so I don't have to redo them everytime I restart the application.

I tried a few google searches but could not find the answer to my question.

Thank you.

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Answer 1

If you're using Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension , you're using the PIC (PowerShell-Integrated Console) in the Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal, which has its own $PROFILE file , separate from stand-alone PowerShell installations.

You can open this $PROFILE file from the PIC as follows:

psedit $PROFILE

• Any alias definitions or functions you place in there will be available in future PIC sessions by default - but only there.

• Alternatively, to share definitions with a stand-alone PowerShell installation, dot-source its $PROFILE file; eg, to dot-source:

  • the current user's Windows PowerShell profile, use:

     . ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

  • the current user's PowerShell (Core) 7+ profile, use:

     . ~\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1