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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 13, 2013, 04:57 UTC
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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:
> Nobody has branch names that end with + or *.  Then why put a space
> after the branch name and before [*|+][=|<|>] in the prompt string?
I do not think the space is for disambiguation.

It is like asking why typeset a space after a sentence a tad wider than a space after each word: grouping related things together, and separating groups of different kind apart, to make it more readable.

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  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
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