On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Richard Hansen <rhansen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2014-10-08 17:37, Jess Austin wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Richard Hansen <rhansen@xxxxxxx> 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. Would you want this configured in each repo (i.e. via a line in ".git/config"), or would you prefer something global so that it only need be set in one place? I'm not sure how the latter technique would work, so if that seems better please advise on how to go about that. cheers, Jess -- 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