When GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS is turned on, there is no need to put a detached HEAD within parenthesis: the color can be used to discriminate the detached HEAD. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 9ed6ff1..a127d3b 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ __git_ps1 () test -z $b && b="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" ;; esac - b="($b)" + + # if there is no color, use + # parenthesis to indicate that the + # HEAD is detached + test -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS-}" || b="($b)" } fi -- 1.8.3.1.456.gb7f4cb6.dirty -- 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