Terminal is not opened in the correct directory (WSL)

[warpdesign]

How to reproduce?

• open a WSL folder in VSCode
• right-click on a file in the VSCode file explorer and choose open in Windows Terminal (profile)
• choose the WSL profile

What happens?

Windows Terminal is opened in ~

What should happen?

Windows Terminal should be opened in the file's folder instead.

Details

• Windows 10 May 2020 update with Ubuntu 20.04 (WSL2)
• VSCode 1.45.1
• Windows Terminal Integration 0.5.0
• Windows Terminal 1.0.1401.0

Note: that this may be related to https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6022

Note 2: the same happens when right-clicking on Open in Terminal: the integrated terminal is opened in~ instead of the file's folder.

[Tyriar]

Strange, it sounds like it is because of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6022. Works fine in my Debian distro.

[warpdesign]

Strange, it sounds like it is because of microsoft/terminal#6022. Works fine in my Debian distro.

Since it also happens with the Open in Terminal option (which has nothing to do with Windows Terminal), isn't it related to WSL instead?

[Tyriar]

@warpdesign either that or WSL, I'm a little suspicious of "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl" in the WT profile as I'm not sure how that's working.

[warpdesign]

I am closing the issue: latest Ubuntu release has this at the end of .bashrc:

cd ~

So it was actually working but directory was changed to user's home because of this.

Removing this line obviously fixes the problem.

[Tyriar]

🤦

[jakebrinkmann]

If someone else arrives here, it can also happen if you have your WT settings.json profile configured to start in the home directory:

"profiles":
    [
        {
            "guid": "{c6eaf9f4-32a7-5fdc-b5cf-066e8a4b1e40}",
            "hidden": false,
            "name": "Ubuntu-18.04",
            "source": "Windows.Terminal.Wsl",
            //"commandline": "wsl.exe ~"
        }
    ],

[MaRo99382]

I have the same issue as @warpdesign did in 2020. Opening a directory or file in Visual Studio Code with the "Open in Windows Terminal (Profile)" feature always starts Windows Terminal in my home directory. I have the following Windows Terminal Profile with no command line:

           {
                "colorScheme": "Campbell",
                "guid": "{51855cb2-8cce-5362-8f54-464b92b32386}",
                "hidden": false,
                "name": "Ubuntu",
                "source": "CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu_79rhkp1fndgsc"
            },

And in my VS Code settings.json I have

    "terminal.explorerKind": "external",
    "terminal.external.windowsExec": "wt"

My .bashrc does not contain a cd ~ or any other cd command. Maybe this issue is related to the fact, that with these settings, when I use the "Open in Terminal" context menu, it also does not open the external Windows Terminal but still the integrated terminal. Any help is appreciated.