Setting TERM environment variable in Windows Powershell that works with ssh+Bash and locally with Git?

Question

Background:

When using my Windows version of git in Powershell I found that I got the error "terminal is not fully functional" so I used the second solution posted here (i.e. change TERM to msys) to fix the problem.

However, this caused a secondary problem that when SSH'd into my Vagrant box, command line apps like Vim, Nano and even Clear would not run, producing errors "msys: unknown terminal type."

I then attempted to change TERM to "ansi" and I got better results during ssh, in that the apps would run fine, but there are still formatting errors.

Question:

Is there a setting for TERM in windows environment variables that will work properly for both my Windows copy of Git and the Vagrant VM Bash shell via SSH?

Which version of git.exe are you using? I've seen the error you're describing while in PowerShell before, but I haven't had to deal with it in a while. I'm running git version 1.9.5.msysgit.0 (you can see your version by running git --version). — David Mohundro
– David Mohundro, Commented Mar 17, 2015 at 16:59

Torben Knerr · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24 23:38:55Z

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The combination that works best for me is:

:: set proper TERM to not break `vagrant ssh` terminal, 
:: see https://github.com/tknerr/bills-kitchen/issues/64
set TERM=cygwin

:: trick vagrant to detect colored output for windows, see here:
:: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/blob/7ef6c5d9d7d4753a219d3ab35afae0d475430cae/lib/vagrant/util/platform.rb#L89
set ANSICON=true

:: mute the cygwin warning which otherwise comes on `vagrant ssh`
set CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning

(excerpt from the set-env.bat file from bills-kitchen)

answered Mar 24, 2015 at 23:38

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Torben Knerr Over a year ago

Note that I'm mostly using this from a plain ConEmu wrapped cmd.exe shell. Not sure if these are the best settings for powershell though.

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