VSCode open terminal with directory does not appear to work - visual-studio-code

Question

Having found the VSCode command workbench.action.terminal.newWithCwd
{
"key": "cmd+shift+alt+h",
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.newWithCwd",
"args": {
"cwd": "${fileDirname}"
}
}
I cannot get it to work.
I have inserted the JSON above into the ~\Code\User\keybindings.json file, but how do I actually get it to execute?

Answer 1

This works as a keybinding, using the macro extension multi-command:
{
"key": "alt+k", // whatever you want here
"command": "extension.multiCommand.execute",
"args": {
"sequence": [
{
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.newWithProfile",
"args": {
"profileName": "Git Bash",
"shouldForwardArgs": true,
}
}
{
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.sendSequence",
"args": {
"text": "cd '${fileDirname}'\u000D"
}
}
]
},
"when": "editorTextFocus"
},
What I think should work is this profile in settings.json:
"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
"PowerShell": {
"source": "PowerShell",
"icon": "terminal-powershell"
},
"Command Prompt": {
"path": [
"${env:windir}\\Sysnative\\cmd.exe",
"${env:windir}\\System32\\cmd.exe"
],
"args": [],
"icon": "terminal-cmd"
},
"Git Bash": {
"source": "Git Bash",
"path": "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe"
},
"Git Bash at fileDirname": {
"source": "Git Bash",
"path": "C:/Program Files/Git/git-bash.exe",
"args": [
"cd ${fileDirname}" // variables are supported here according to the docs
]
}
},
and then this associated keybinding:
{
"key": "alt+k",
"command": "workbench.action.terminal.newWithProfile",
"args": {
"profileName": "Git Bash at fileDirname",
"shouldForwardArgs": true
}
},
But it doesn't quite work for me. It almost works, but it says no such file exists. I see a couple of issues filed on variable resolution in profiles.