Sean <seanlkml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 03:41:28 -0500 > "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Many users want to display the current branch name of the current git > > repository as part of their PS1 prompt, much as their PS1 prompt might > > also display the current working directory name. > > > > We don't force our own PS1 onto the user. Instead we let them craft > > their own PS1 string and offer them the function __git_ps1 which they > > can invoke to obtain either "" (when not in a git repository) or > > "(%s)" where %s is the name of the current branch, as read from HEAD, > > with the leading refs/heads/ removed. > > Suppose it doesn't hurt to include support for this in git completion > scripts. It doesn't look like __git_ps1 is a proper name though, > perhaps __git_branch or __git_current_branch would be better? I actually started with the name __git_current_branch but changed my mind on that and went with __git_ps1. My rationale at the time was probably not correct (it was early this morning) but I figured that the current branch name is "master" while __git_ps1 prints " (master)". Therefore __git_ps1 is not really printing the current branch, its printing the current branch and other stuff. So I went with a name which implied its purpose. -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html