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Re: git-PS1 bash prompt setting

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Nicolas Vilz <niv@iaglans.de>
Date
Nov 26, 2006, 15:05 UTC
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<20061126150523.GB18828@hermes.lan.home.vilz.de>
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<20061126094212.fde8cce7.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:42:12AM -0500, Sean wrote:
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> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:27:07 +0100 (CET)
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > But there really is no good place to put it: most commands need a git 
> > repository, and those which do not, are inappropriate to put an option 
> > "--show-ps1" into. Except maybe repo-config. Thoughts?
> 
> What about just making it an option to the git wrapper?

I glued that in my system bashrc with the extension, that it shows to me user.email out of repo-config, which is also very handy. So I am always reminded to set my user.credentials in .git/config and i always know which role i play in the repository i am working at.

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