From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:47:27 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] prompt: don't scream continuation state Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87r4gjzi3d.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> Thomas Rast wrote: > Do you have other ways of distinguishing the branch and the state? > Colors? I'm a bit too lazy to check. Perhaps it could be made to only > use caps if not in colored mode? Currently, no. See git-prompt.sh:401, 403, 409; we don't have a separate color for $r. I didn't introduce a color in this series because it would conflict with rr/zsh-color-prompt which is in pu: we can introduce it after that graduates. I was thinking yellow, since that's not taken? You really should use colors. I don't think it's worth the extra ugliness to scream in the no-color case. As such, the prompt is a fine bikeshedding target. I even introduced GIT_PS1_SEPARATOR, because some people were unhappy with me stripping one whitespace (yes, one). If we go down the configurability road, we'll either end up with a ton of environment variables, or be made to write a generalized custom formatter which splices together tons of arguments using color (super painful). While I do agree that it is a matter of taste, we have to make a few compromises for the sake of sanity.