Setting up PowerShell

These steps improve PowerShell by:

• Adding tabs.
• Changing the tab completion to be more bash like.
• Displaying the current Git branch (if applicable).

Add tabs §

1. Install Windows Terminal to get tabs (and better WSL integration).

Bash style tab completion §

1. Create PowerShell profile:

   new-item $profile -itemtype file -force
   

2. Open the profile:

   notepad $profile
   

3. Paste this config which enables bash-like tab completion:

   Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete
   

4. Save.

5. Restart PowerShell.

Display current Git branch §

1. Install Scoop.

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
   Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
   

2. Install posh-git via scoop.

   scoop bucket add extras
   scoop install posh-git
   Add-PoshGitToProfile
   

Install Python at specific version §

Doing scoop install python will default to the latest, but it has older versions available.

1. Add the versions bucket:

   scoop bucket add versions
   

2. Install the desired Python version:

   scoop install versions/python310
   

Install pipx §

1. Install pipx and add to path:

   scoop install pipx
   pipx ensurepath
   

Install Poetry §

1. Install Poetry via pipx:

   pipx install poetry