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

> On 2014-10-08 17:37, Jess Austin wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I understand; I was concerned about this case:
>
> $ PS1='\n\w$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\n\$ '
>
> /home/rhansen/projects (dotfiles)
> $ GIT_PS1_OMITIGNORED=y
>
> /home/rhansen/projects              <-- Git prompt goes away as desired
> $ cd foo
>
> /home/rhansen/projects/foo (master) <-- Git prompt back as expected
> $ echo ignored/ >>.gitignore && mkdir -p ignored && cd ignored
>
> /home/rhansen/projects/foo/ignored  <-- I want the Git prompt here
> $
>
> In other words:  If I were to use this feature, I'd want to be able to
> hide the prompt when I'm in an ignored directory in my dotfiles work
> tree, but show the prompt when I'm in an ignored directory in any other
> work tree.