From: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 11:05:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] git-prompt.sh: strip unnecessary space in prompt string
Message-ID: <20130513110551.GT2331@goldbirke>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0m+mG39W7RqU-9KfPWLnaey5pL+jvfdZg49ixsASE+QoQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 03:43:43PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> 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 ;)

> > 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.