Re: [PATCH] git-prompt.sh: Omit prompt for ignored directories

> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Richard Hansen <rhansen@bbn.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-10-08 15:04, Jess Austin wrote:
>>> Introduce a new environmental variable, GIT_PS1_OMITIGNORED, which
>>> tells __git_ps1 to display nothing when the current directory is
>>> set (e.g. via .gitignore) to be ignored by git. In the absence of
>>> GIT_PS1_OMITIGNORED this change has no effect.
>>>
>>> Many people manage e.g. dotfiles in their home directory with git.
>>> This causes the prompt generated by __git_ps1 to refer to that "top
>>> level" repo while working in any descendant directory. That can be
>>> distracting, so this patch helps one shut off that noise.
>>
>> Interesting idea, though I would prefer this to be configurable on a
>> per-repository basis.  (I wouldn't want to hide the prompt in any
>> repository besides my home repository.)
> 
> Sorry my description was unclear. Let's say you have a repo in "~",
> and another in "~/projects/foo". Also, the file "~/.gitignore" has the line
> "projects/" in it. In this case, you'd see repo info in your prompt while
> in "~" or in "~/projects/foo", but not if you were in "~/projects". In that
> sense, the prompt is not distracting you with the status of the top-level
> repo when you're not looking at anything in that repo.