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[PATCH] bash completion: add space between branch name and status flags

From
RFRoman Fietze <roman.fietze@telemotive.de>
Date
Nov 20, 2009, 12:09 UTC
Message-ID
<200911201309.16193.roman.fietze@telemotive.de>
Hello Shawn, hello git list members,

Wouldn't it improve the readability of the bash prompt, if there would be a space between the branch name and the status flags (dirty, stash, untracked)?

Signed-off-by: Roman Fietze <roman.fietze@telemotive.de>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-
completion.bash
index bd66639..407176b 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -169,10 +169,12 @@ __git_ps1 ()
 			fi
 		fi
 
+		local f="$w$i$s$u$r"
+		f=${f:+ $f}
 		if [ -n "${1-}" ]; then
-			printf "$1" "$c${b##refs/heads/}$w$i$s$u$r"
+			printf "$1" "$c${b##refs/heads/}$f"
 		else
-			printf " (%s)" "$c${b##refs/heads/}$w$i$s$u$r"
+			printf " (%s)" "$c${b##refs/heads/}$f"
 		fi
 	fi
 }
-- 
1.6.4.2


Roman

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  3. Nanako ShiraishiDec 30, 2009
  4. Shawn O. PearceDec 30, 2009
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  6. bash completion: add space between branch name and status flagsShawn O. Pearce, Dec 31, 2009
  7. Roman FietzeJan 6, 2010

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