Introduction

Instantly set up bash, tmux, vim, etc on your new workstation for:

• Sharing the clipboard between Windows and WSL
• Mouse support
• Quality of life improvements for bash
• Supporting Docker bindings from WSL
• Tricks to save seconds

Installation

Most of it

./setup.sh
. ~/.bashrc

In addition there are files under wsl/ and windows/ to configure WSL and tools in Windows.

Git on Windows

Use this tool to use Git from WSL in Windows.

https://github.com/andy-5/wslgit

If you are going to setup WSL to change /mnt/c -> /c for Windows directories under WSL then setup wslgit to use the same path.

Docker

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/community/team-blog/2017/20171208-wsl-interoperability-with-docker

Powerline for WSL

Update the fonts used for the Windows Console and the Terminal

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToMakeAPrettyPromptInWindowsTerminalWithPowerlineNerdFontsCascadiaCodeWSLAndOhmyposh.aspx

Other Stuff

https://github.com/sirredbeard/Awesome-WSL

Backup your setup

There is also a script to backup changes to configuration files.

./backup.sh