Alacritty

Change shell ​

The default shell is Powershell.

Git Bash ​

Edit %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml and put this:

shell:
  program: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe

This way Open Alacritty here will open Git Bash in the specified directory.

You can also create a shortcut to open WSL instead:

• Target: "C:\Program Files\Alacritty\alacritty.exe" --command wsl zsh
• Start in: \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\mateus

This will open WSL and start in the home directory.

WSL ​

To use ZSH (from wsl) instead, edit %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml and put this:

shell:
  program: wsl
  args:
    - zsh

If setup with a VcXsrv (no need to pop up any window), clipboard support will be available.

CMD ​

Edit %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml and put this:

shell:
  program: cmd

cmd with the Windows' ssh can be good, with the only disvantage that there is no clipboard support.

Fix TERM variable ​

GitHub issue

Note: This "fix" is buggy and probably is better to leave the default.

WSL defaults to xterm-256color without this configuration.

env:
  TERM: alacritty
  WSLENV: TERM