Mention that the command below is needed for prompt in ZSH with PS1: setopt PROMPT_SUBST Make it clear that colored prompt is only available in PROMPT_COMMAND mode. Signed-off-by: Eduardo R. D'Avila <erdavila@xxxxxxxxx> --- 5 4 contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 70515cc..3ab2a69 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ # 3a) Change your PS1 to call __git_ps1 as # command-substitution: # Bash: PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' -# ZSH: PS1='[%n@%m %c$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' +# ZSH: setopt PROMPT_SUBST ; PS1='[%n@%m %c$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' # the optional argument will be used as format string. -# 3b) Alternatively, if you are using bash, __git_ps1 can be -# used for PROMPT_COMMAND with two parameters, <pre> and +# 3b) Alternatively, if you are using Bash or ZSH, __git_ps1 can +# be used for PROMPT_COMMAND with two parameters, <pre> and # <post>, which are strings you would put in $PS1 before # and after the status string generated by the git-prompt # machinery. e.g. @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ # # If you would like a colored hint about the current dirty state, set # GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS to a nonempty value. The colors are based on -# the colored output of "git status -sb". +# the colored output of "git status -sb" and are available only when +# using __git_ps1 for PROMPT_COMMAND. # __gitdir accepts 0 or 1 arguments (i.e., location) # returns location of .git repo -- 1.8.3.1.487.g28387b2 -- 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