Windows: Is it possible to use pwsh instead of PowerShell?

[MetaITDev]

question

I edited the file:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\herdr\config.toml

[update]
channel = "preview"

[terminal]
default_shell = "pwsh"
shell_mode = "auto"

However, the changes don't seem to take effect. When I open a new tab, it still uses PowerShell instead of pwsh.

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[gursuj]

I managed to get it working via this:

[terminal]
default_shell = "C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\7\\pwsh.exe"

[HeyItsGilbert]

I was able to use the following:

[terminal]
default_shell = "pwsh"

This will allow you to use pwsh regardless of your OS. I would suspect this follows typical Path enumeration so I'd check if pwsh is in your path if it doesn't work.

I actually came here to see if we should push for it to be the default. Preferring pwsh (and frankly pushing it as the standard) will alleviate some of the maintenance burdens. Pwsh is cross platform and reduces the complexity for having to support Windows specific bits. It handles path resolution accurately across OS's. (e.g. C:/Program Files/blah is fine). Windows PowerShell (powershell.exe) is essentially only seeing extremely rare bug fixes. The PowerShell team will only be focusing on improve Pwsh.