diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminalProfiles.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/common/terminalProfiles.ts
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { Codicon } from '../../../base/common/codicons.js';
+import { isUriComponents, URI } from '../../../base/common/uri.js';
+import { localize } from '../../../nls.js';
+import { IExtensionTerminalProfile, ITerminalProfile, TerminalIcon } from './terminal.js';
+import { ThemeIcon } from '../../../base/common/themables.js';
+import { isObject, isString, type SingleOrMany } from '../../../base/common/types.js';
+
+export function createProfileSchemaEnums(detectedProfiles: ITerminalProfile[], extensionProfiles?: readonly IExtensionTerminalProfile[]): {
+	values: (string | null)[] | undefined;
+	markdownDescriptions: string[] | undefined;
+} {
+	const result: { name: string | null; description: string }[] = [{
+		name: null,
+		description: localize('terminalAutomaticProfile', 'Automatically detect the default')
+	}];
+	result.push(...detectedProfiles.map(e => {
+		return {
+			name: e.profileName,
+			description: createProfileDescription(e)
+		};
+	}));
+	if (extensionProfiles) {
+		result.push(...extensionProfiles.map(extensionProfile => {
+			return {
+				name: extensionProfile.title,
+				description: createExtensionProfileDescription(extensionProfile)
+			};
+		}));
+	}
+	return {
+		values: result.map(e => e.name),
+		markdownDescriptions: result.map(e => e.description)
+	};
+}
+
+function createProfileDescription(profile: ITerminalProfile): string {
+	let description = `$(${ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(profile.icon) ? profile.icon.id : profile.icon ? profile.icon : Codicon.terminal.id}) ${profile.profileName}\n- path: ${profile.path}`;
+	if (profile.args) {
+		if (isString(profile.args)) {
+			description += `\n- args: "${profile.args}"`;
+		} else {
+			description += `\n- args: [${profile.args.length === 0 ? '' : `'${profile.args.join(`','`)}'`}]`;
+		}
+	}
+	if (profile.overrideName !== undefined) {
+		description += `\n- overrideName: ${profile.overrideName}`;
+	}
+	if (profile.color) {
+		description += `\n- color: ${profile.color}`;
+	}
+	if (profile.env) {
+		description += `\n- env: ${JSON.stringify(profile.env)}`;
+	}
+	return description;
+}
+
+function createExtensionProfileDescription(profile: IExtensionTerminalProfile): string {
+	const description = `$(${ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(profile.icon) ? profile.icon.id : profile.icon ? profile.icon : Codicon.terminal.id}) ${profile.title}\n- extensionIdentifier: ${profile.extensionIdentifier}`;
+	return description;
+}
+
+
+export function terminalProfileArgsMatch(args1: SingleOrMany<string> | undefined, args2: SingleOrMany<string> | undefined): boolean {
+	if (!args1 && !args2) {
+		return true;
+	} else if (isString(args1) && isString(args2)) {
+		return args1 === args2;
+	} else if (Array.isArray(args1) && Array.isArray(args2)) {
+		if (args1.length !== args2.length) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		for (let i = 0; i < args1.length; i++) {
+			if (args1[i] !== args2[i]) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+export function terminalIconsEqual(a?: TerminalIcon, b?: TerminalIcon): boolean {
+	if (!a && !b) {
+		return true;
+	} else if (!a || !b) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(a) && ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(b)) {
+		return a.id === b.id && a.color === b.color;
+	}
+	if (
+		isObject(a) && !URI.isUri(a) && !ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(a) &&
+		isObject(b) && !URI.isUri(b) && !ThemeIcon.isThemeIcon(b)
+	) {
+		const castedA = (a as { light: unknown; dark: unknown });
+		const castedB = (b as { light: unknown; dark: unknown });
+		if ((URI.isUri(castedA.light) || isUriComponents(castedA.light)) && (URI.isUri(castedA.dark) || isUriComponents(castedA.dark))
+			&& (URI.isUri(castedB.light) || isUriComponents(castedB.light)) && (URI.isUri(castedB.dark) || isUriComponents(castedB.dark))) {
+			return castedA.light.path === castedB.light.path && castedA.dark.path === castedB.dark.path;
+		}
+	}
+	if ((URI.isUri(a) && URI.isUri(b)) || (isUriComponents(a) || isUriComponents(b))) {
+		const castedA = (a as { scheme: unknown; path: unknown });
+		const castedB = (b as { scheme: unknown; path: unknown });
+		return castedA.path === castedB.path && castedA.scheme === castedB.scheme;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/terminal/test/common/terminalProfiles.test.ts b/src/vs/platform/terminal/test/common/terminalProfiles.test.ts
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+import { deepStrictEqual } from 'assert';
+import { Codicon } from '../../../../base/common/codicons.js';
+import { ensureNoDisposablesAreLeakedInTestSuite } from '../../../../base/test/common/utils.js';
+import { ITerminalProfile } from '../../common/terminal.js';
+import { createProfileSchemaEnums } from '../../common/terminalProfiles.js';
+
+suite('terminalProfiles', () => {
+	ensureNoDisposablesAreLeakedInTestSuite();
+
+	suite('createProfileSchemaEnums', () => {
+		test('should return an empty array when there are no profiles', () => {
+			deepStrictEqual(createProfileSchemaEnums([]), {
+				values: [
+					null
+				],
+				markdownDescriptions: [
+					'Automatically detect the default'
+				]
+			});
+		});
+		test('should return a single entry when there is one profile', () => {
+			const profile: ITerminalProfile = {
+				profileName: 'name',
+				path: 'path',
+				isDefault: true
+			};
+			deepStrictEqual(createProfileSchemaEnums([profile]), {
+				values: [
+					null,
+					'name'
+				],
+				markdownDescriptions: [
+					'Automatically detect the default',
+					'$(terminal) name\n- path: path'
+				]
+			});
+		});
+		test('should show all profile information', () => {
+			const profile: ITerminalProfile = {
+				profileName: 'name',
+				path: 'path',
+				isDefault: true,
+				args: ['a', 'b'],
+				color: 'terminal.ansiRed',
+				env: {
+					c: 'd',
+					e: 'f'
+				},
+				icon: Codicon.zap,
+				overrideName: true
+			};
+			deepStrictEqual(createProfileSchemaEnums([profile]), {
+				values: [
+					null,
+					'name'
+				],
+				markdownDescriptions: [
+					'Automatically detect the default',
+					`$(zap) name\n- path: path\n- args: ['a','b']\n- overrideName: true\n- color: terminal.ansiRed\n- env: {\"c\":\"d\",\"e\":\"f\"}`
+				]
+			});
+		});
+		test('should return a multiple entries when there are multiple profiles', () => {
+			const profile1: ITerminalProfile = {
+				profileName: 'name',
+				path: 'path',
+				isDefault: true
+			};
+			const profile2: ITerminalProfile = {
+				profileName: 'foo',
+				path: 'bar',
+				isDefault: false
+			};
+			deepStrictEqual(createProfileSchemaEnums([profile1, profile2]), {
+				values: [
+					null,
+					'name',
+					'foo'
+				],
+				markdownDescriptions: [
+					'Automatically detect the default',
+					'$(terminal) name\n- path: path',
+					'$(terminal) foo\n- path: bar'
+				]
+			});
+		});
+	});
+});