Breaks VSCode GitHub Copilot Agent when running commands in the terminal

[alebar42]

When using VSCode GitHub Copilot Agent and allowing it to run commands in the terminal (Ubuntu in WSL2), it keeps the agent hanging and does not continue after a command it executed.

Seems when I deactivate bash-git-prompt it solves the issue.

See microsoft/vscode#254447

[eqinox76]

I can find no way to distinguish the normal vscode terminal from the copilot terminal. Therefore a workaround is to check if the terminal has been opened by vscode in your .bashrc:

if [ -z "$VSCODE_INJECTION" ]; then
  if [ -f "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    source $HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh
  fi
fi

But that will affect all terminals opened from vscode.

[copdips]

I can find no way to distinguish the normal vscode terminal from the copilot terminal. Therefore a workaround is to check if the terminal has been opened by vscode in your .bashrc:

if [ -z "$VSCODE_INJECTION" ]; then
  if [ -f "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    source $HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh
  fi
fi

But that will affect all terminals opened from vscode.

@eqinox76 have you found any other better solutions ?

[crycode-de]

As a manual workaround I've updated my .bashrc from

if [ -f "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    source "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh"
fi

to

if [ -f "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    alias gp="source $HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh"
fi

so each new terminal opens without bash-git-prompt and i can type simply gp to activate it.

With this the terminals opened by a Copilot Agent does not load bash-git-prompt and the agent is working fine.
In "normal" terminals I can simply activate it by typing gp once for the current session.

To combine it with the $VSCODE_INJECTION check, you may also use the following .bashrc entries to activate bash-git-prompt outside of VSCode automatically and use the gp alias only in VSCode terminals:

if [ -f "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh" ]; then
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    if [ -z "$VSCODE_INJECTION" ]; then
        source "$HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh"
    else
        alias gp="source $HOME/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh"
    fi
fi

[copdips]

@crycode-de
Thanks, but after some searching and testing, I finally switched to another prompt tool.

[fredericouellet-eaton]

COPILOT_AGENT=1 seem to be set now

[alebar42]

COPILOT_AGENT=1 seem to be set now

Yes this would solve the problem nicely...