If any of the files read by __git_eread have \r\n line endings, read will only strip \n, leaving \r. This results in an ugly prompt, where instead of user@pc MINGW64 /path/to/repo (BARE:master) the last parenthesis is printed over the beginning of the prompt like )ser@pc MINGW64 /path/to/repo (BARE:master This patch fixes the issue by setting the IFS to $'\r\n' for the read operation. Note that ANSI-C Quoting ($'...') is supported by bash as well as zsh, which are the current targets of git-prompt.sh, cf. <20171130010811.17369-1-szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx>. Signed-off-by: Robert Abel <rabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 41a471957a..983e419d2b 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring () # variable, in that order. __git_eread () { - test -r "$1" && read "$2" <"$1" + test -r "$1" && IFS=$'\r\n' read "$2" <"$1" } # __git_ps1 accepts 0 or 1 arguments (i.e., format string) -- 2.13.0.windows.1