On 28/11/12 21:47, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Simon Oosthoek <s.oosthoek@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> perhaps the point should read like this: >> # 3a) In ~/.bashrc set PROMPT_COMMAND >> # To customize the prompt, provide start/end arguments >> # PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "' >> >> Which would not be confusing at all, I think... > > It says "to customize", so a user who just wants the default (which > does not exist but the comment does not say so) would be left > without instruction, no? > > In $HOME/.bashrc, PROMPT_COMMAND can be set to > '__git_ps1 <pre> <post>', where <pre> and <post> > are strings you would put in $PS1 before and after > the status string generated by git-prompt machinery. > e.g. > PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\u@\h:\w" "\\\$ "' > > or something? > Looks better than my suggestion :-) thanks /Simon -- 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