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Re: [PATCH 1/2] git-prompt.sh: strip unnecessary space in prompt string

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SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date
May 13, 2013, 11:05 UTC
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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 03:43:43PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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> SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> > Don't forget that others might use a different prompt format and using
> > colors in the prompt is optional.  With the default prompt format and
> > without colors I find that that space definitely helps readability.
> 
> I'm finding it hard to believe that anyone would want to use a colorless prompt.

Well, back then I was shell-shocked to find that there are people who want colors in their prompt ;)

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> > IMHO that's just ugly ;)
> 
> If we can agree that it's just a matter of taste, we should both be
> able to have what we want.  Any suggestions on how to make this
> configurable?

The same way we make other things configurable in the prompt: specify the GIT_PS1_HIDESTATESEPARATOR or something similar variable to strip that space from the prompt.

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Message 7 of 16 in “Colored prompt for zsh”
  1. 0/2 Colored prompt for zshRamkumar Ramachandra, May 11, 2013
  2. 1/2 git-prompt.sh: strip unnecessary space in prompt stringRamkumar Ramachandra, May 11, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 13, 2013
  5. SZEDER GáborMay 13, 2013
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 13, 2013
  7. SZEDER GáborMay 13, 2013
  8. SZEDER GáborMay 13, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  10. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 13, 2013
  11. 2/2 git-prompt.zsh: introduce thin ZSH wrapperRamkumar Ramachandra, May 11, 2013
  12. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2013
  13. git-prompt.sh: colorize ZSH promptRamkumar Ramachandra, May 11, 2013
  14. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2013
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 11, 2013
  16. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2013

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