iTerm2 + oh-my-bash: iTerm2 shell-integration not working

Question

I cannot get iTerm2's shell integration work with oh-my-bash. I already tried the suggestions in the existing posts but without luck. My configuration looks as follow:

• iTerm2 profile
  • General -> Command -> Custom Shell: /usr/local/bin/bash
  • Send text at start: source ~/.bashrc (required to activate oh-my-bash)
• My login shell (according to chsh): /usr/local/bin/bash

I have installed the iTerm2 Shell integration using the integrated installer.

Removing the Send text at start command makes the Shell integration work, however, also disabled oh-my-bash. I tested it, for example, using the Shift+cmd + ↑ shortcut which allows jumping between marks.

Approaches

I tried playing around with

• iTerm2 profile: Login Shell / Custom Command
• Sourcing ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc manually

However, I could not accomplish to have at the same time oh-my-bash enabled, the iTerm2 Shell integration working, and the tools that are initialized in ~/.bash_profile (e.g., brew and itermocil) working.

Answer 1

I finally solved it by using the following configuration:

• iTerm2 profile
  • General -> Command -> Custom Shell: /usr/local/bin/bash --rcfile ~/.bashrc
  • Send text at start: source ~/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash; osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "k" using command down'

The command source ~/.iterm2_shell_integration.bash activates the shell integration. The snippet osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "k" using command down' clears the buffer by invoking the CMD + K keystroke – note that clear could also be used instead but this only moves the terminal's visible content and enlarging the window possibly shows the content.