Re: git-prompt.sh vs leading white space in __git_ps1()::printf_format

> Can we make it take an optional third parameter so that we could say
> 
> 	PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 ": \h \W" "; " "/%s"'
> 
> to do the same as what the command substitution mode would have
> given for
> 
> 	PS1=': \h \W$(__git_ps1 "/%s"); '
> 
> perhaps?
> 
> Totally untested, but perhaps along this line.
> 

>  contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> index 9b074e1..b2579f4 100644
> --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> @@ -236,9 +236,10 @@ __git_ps1 ()
>  	local printf_format=' (%s)'
>  
>  	case "$#" in
> -		2)	pcmode=yes
> +		2|3)	pcmode=yes
>  			ps1pc_start="$1"
>  			ps1pc_end="$2"
> +			printf_format="${3:-$printf_format}"
>  		;;
>  		0|1)	printf_format="${1:-$printf_format}"
>  		;;
> @@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ __git_ps1 ()
>  
>  		local f="$w$i$s$u"
>  		if [ $pcmode = yes ]; then
> +			local ps1=
>  			if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS-}" ]; then
>  				local c_red='\e[31m'
>  				local c_green='\e[32m'
> @@ -356,29 +358,31 @@ __git_ps1 ()
>  					branch_color="$bad_color"
>  				fi
>  
> -				# Setting PS1 directly with \[ and \] around colors
> +				# Setting ps1 directly with \[ and \] around colors
>  				# is necessary to prevent wrapping issues!
> -				PS1="$ps1pc_start (\[$branch_color\]$branchstring\[$c_clear\]"
> +				ps1="\[$branch_color\]$branchstring\[$c_clear\]"
>  
>  				if [ -n "$w$i$s$u$r$p" ]; then
> -					PS1="$PS1 "
> +					ps1="$ps1 "					
>  				fi
>  				if [ "$w" = "*" ]; then
> -					PS1="$PS1\[$bad_color\]$w"
> +					ps1="$ps1\[$bad_color\]$w"
>  				fi
>  				if [ -n "$i" ]; then
> -					PS1="$PS1\[$ok_color\]$i"
> +					ps1="$ps1\[$ok_color\]$i"
>  				fi
>  				if [ -n "$s" ]; then
> -					PS1="$PS1\[$flags_color\]$s"
> +					ps1="$ps1\[$flags_color\]$s"
>  				fi
>  				if [ -n "$u" ]; then
> -					PS1="$PS1\[$bad_color\]$u"
> +					ps1="$ps1\[$bad_color\]$u"
>  				fi
> -				PS1="$PS1\[$c_clear\]$r$p)$ps1pc_end"
> +				ps1="$ps1\[$c_clear\]$r$p"
>  			else
> -				PS1="$ps1pc_start ($c${b##refs/heads/}${f:+ $f}$r$p)$ps1pc_end"
> +				ps1="$c${b##refs/heads/}${f:+ $f}$r$p"
>  			fi
> +			ps1=$(printf -- "$printf_format" "$ps1")
> +			PS1="$ps1pc_start$ps1$ps1pc_end"
>  		else
>  			# NO color option unless in PROMPT_COMMAND mode
>  			printf -- "$printf_format" "$c${b##refs/heads/}${f:+ $f}$r$p"