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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 00fc099b8d..899eb095c6 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -10,14 +10,20 @@ # 1) Copy this file to somewhere (e.g. ~/.git-prompt.sh). # 2) Add the following line to your .bashrc/.zshrc: # source ~/.git-prompt.sh -# 3a) In ~/.bashrc set PROMPT_COMMAND=__git_ps1 -# To customize the prompt, provide start/end arguments -# PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "' -# 3b) Alternatively change your PS1 to call __git_ps1 as +# 3a) Change your PS1 to call __git_ps1 as # command-substitution: # Bash: PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' # ZSH: PS1='[%n@%m %c$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' -# the optional argument will be used as format string +# the optional argument will be used as format string. +# 3b) Alternatively, if you are using bash, __git_ps1 can be +# used for PROMPT_COMMAND with two parameters, <pre> and +# <post>, which are strings you would put in $PS1 before +# and after the status string generated by the git-prompt +# machinery. e.g. +# PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "' +# will show username, at-sign, host, colon, cwd, then +# various status string, followed by dollar and SP, as +# your prompt. # # The argument to __git_ps1 will be displayed only if you are currently # in a git repository. The %s token will be the name of the current |