Windows 10: Terminal: Powershell vs Ubuntu: git status difference for PHP project

I've just updated my installation of Windows terminal to 1.0. To test consistency I opened Terminal in my project directory and got these results:


Powershell:




WSL/Ubuntu:




Powershell shows git --version = 2.26.2.windows.1

WSL shows git --version = 2.17.1


I also have a Hyper-V VM of Ubuntu 18 with a clone of the project. It's git is also 2.17.1 but it shows:


On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean


So the difference in git status is not due to the version of git. Also, WSL & the VM report identical versions of Ubuntu 18.04.4 and both have just been updated & upgraded.


The PHP project was developed in Netbeans. Netbeans version 11.x shows the project has nothing to commit. Netbeans 12.0-beta4 shows there are files are different from HEAD. The reason there is that the java git module has changed. Is that somehow a factor here in Windows Terminal?


If not, why the difference in Terminal?

:)

 

Ubuntu terminal not displaying git messages correctly

Hi Patrick,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that the output for Ubuntu terminal is not showing properly for GIT commands.



I suggest you to try re-enabling Windows Subsystem for Linux and then uninstalling and re-installing Ubuntu from Microsoft Store. Follow the steps to disable Windows Subsystem for Linux and uninstall Ubuntu.



Disable Windows Subsystem for Linux:

1. Press Windows key + R. This will open
   Run. Alternatively, you can go to Start and search for Run.
   
2. In Run dialog box, type
   appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Now on the left hand pane click on
   Turn Windows features on or off.
   
4. Now on the Windows feature window scroll down and uncheck the box next to
   Windows Subsystem for Linux.
   
5. Click on OK and Restart the PC.
   

Uninstall the Ubuntu app:

1. Go to Settings >
   Apps > Apps & features.
   
2. Now search for Ubuntu app.
   
3. Click on the app and click on
   Uninstall.
   
4. Follow the onscreen instructions.
   

To enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux you can refer the article

Windows Subsystem for Linux Installation Guide for Windows 10.



If the issue persists, I suggest you to post your query on

TechNet forums as they have dedicated support for issues related to Windows Subsystem for Linux.



Hope it helps.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Ubuntu terminal not displaying git messages correctly

I have been using the Ubuntu terminal for Windows recently, and have just encountered a problem where outputs from git commands aren't displaying correctly.





Ubuntu terminal is on the left, and cmd on the right. As can be seen, the changes to be committed are not displaying. This is happening for any of the comands that print in that colour. I tried changing the colours but that isn't the problem.





The colour supposedly being used for this is the 6th from the right.

Any ideas?

 

zsh git status shows all files in repo as modified (when they are no )

My setup: Windows 10, cygwin, miTTy and oh-my-zsh.

Problem: when I get to a folder of a git repository it takes a long time (3-15 seconds) for the commandline to get to this folder. It depends on the size of the project.

To speed it up I have uncommented this line: DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true" in .zshrc, which is supposed to make it faster. It didn't help at all. Then I found out that when I run git status it shows all the files in the repo as modified even though they are not (I have checked in PHPStrom and Git Bash terminal). I think that this might be the reason for why it's taking so long.

I'm have just two active plugins: git and extract.

Any ideas how to fix it and/or make zsh run as fast as possible?
Thanks for your time and suggestions