{"version":"2.1.124","anchor":"powershell-shell-description-on-windows","canonical_anchor":"powershell-shell-description-on-windows","heading":"PowerShell shell description on Windows","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.124\/e\/powershell-shell-description-on-windows","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.124","markdown":"### PowerShell shell description on Windows\n\nWhen git-bash is the active shell but PowerShell is also detected on Windows, the system prompt now reads: `Shell: PowerShell (use PowerShell syntax \u2014 e.g., $null not \/dev\/null, $env:VAR not $VAR, backtick for line continuation). Bash is also available via the Bash tool for POSIX scripts.`\n\nPreviously the wording was bash-first with a \"PowerShell is also available via the PowerShell tool\" suffix; the new copy emphasizes PowerShell as primary and points at Bash as a fallback.\n\n**Evidence**\n\nWindows shell description (search for `\"Bash is also available via the Bash tool for POSIX scripts\"`)."}