From: SZEDER Gábor Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:32:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-prompt.sh: Document GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR Message-ID: <20150616153238.Horde.tGSXailmVRSmoEen3NAoPw4@webmail.informatik.kit.edu> In-Reply-To: <1433956764-38130-1-git-send-email-joe.cridge@me.com> Quoting Joe Cridge : > The environment variable GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR can be used to set the > separator between the branch name and the state symbols in the prompt. > > At present the variable is not mentioned in the inline documentation which > makes it difficult for the casual user to identify. Thanks, makes sense. > Signed-off-by: Joe Cridge > --- > contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > index f18aedc..366f0bc 100644 > --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > @@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ > # git always compare HEAD to @{upstream} > # svn always compare HEAD to your SVN upstream > # > +# You can change the separator between the branch name and the above > +# state symbols by setting GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR. The default separator > +# is SP. This is not a specification of a protocol or file or input/output format, where we formally use SP and LF. Perhaps we could spell out SP as a space here, for the sake of the "casual user"? > +# > # By default, __git_ps1 will compare HEAD to your SVN upstream if it can > # find one, or @{upstream} otherwise. Once you have set > # GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM, you can override it on a per-repository basis by > -- > 2.4.2