Re: git-prompt.sh vs leading white space in __git_ps1()::printf_format
On 28/11/12 21:47, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Simon Oosthoek <s.oosthoek@xs4all.nl> writes:
>
>> perhaps the point should read like this:
>> # 3a) In ~/.bashrc set PROMPT_COMMAND
>> # To customize the prompt, provide start/end arguments
>> # PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "'
>>
>> Which would not be confusing at all, I think...
>
> It says "to customize", so a user who just wants the default (which
> does not exist but the comment does not say so) would be left
> without instruction, no?
>
> In $HOME/.bashrc, PROMPT_COMMAND can be set to
> '__git_ps1 <pre> <post>', where <pre> and <post>
> are strings you would put in $PS1 before and after
> the status string generated by git-prompt machinery.
> e.g.
> PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "'
>
> or something?
>
Looks better than my suggestion :-)
thanks
/Simon