When the prompt command mode was introduced in 1bfc51ac81 (Allow __git_ps1 to be used in PROMPT_COMMAND, 2012-10-10) the assumption was that it was necessary in order to properly add colors to PS1 in bash, but this wasn't true. It's true that the \[ \] markers add the information needed to properly calculate the width of the prompt, and they have to be added directly to PS1, a function returning them doesn't work. But that is because bash coverts the \[ \] markers in PS1 to \001 \002, which is what readline ultimately needs in order to calculate the width. We don't need bash to do this conversion, we can use \001 \002 ourselves, and then the prompt command mode is not necessary to display colors. This is what functions returning colors are supposed to do [1]. [1] http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/053 Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- FTR, it's possible zsh will implement these \001 \002 markers too, so there would be no need for different behavior depending on the shell. contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 19 +++++++------------ t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 1435548e00..01bd807657 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ # # 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" and are available only when -# using __git_ps1 for PROMPT_COMMAND or precmd in Bash, -# but always available in Zsh. +# the colored output of "git status -sb". # # If you would like __git_ps1 to do nothing in the case when the current # directory is set up to be ignored by git, then set @@ -255,12 +253,12 @@ __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring () local c_lblue='%F{blue}' local c_clear='%f' else - # Using \[ and \] around colors is necessary to prevent + # Using \001 and \002 around colors is necessary to prevent # issues with command line editing/browsing/completion! - local c_red='\[\e[31m\]' - local c_green='\[\e[32m\]' - local c_lblue='\[\e[1;34m\]' - local c_clear='\[\e[0m\]' + local c_red=$'\001\e[31m\002' + local c_green=$'\001\e[32m\002' + local c_lblue=$'\001\e[1;34m\002' + local c_clear=$'\001\e[0m\002' fi local bad_color=$c_red local ok_color=$c_green @@ -564,11 +562,8 @@ __git_ps1 () b="\${__git_ps1_branch_name}" fi - # NO color option unless in PROMPT_COMMAND mode or it's Zsh if [ -n "${GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS-}" ]; then - if [ $pcmode = yes ] || [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION-}" ]; then - __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring - fi + __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring fi local f="$h$w$i$s$u$p" diff --git a/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh b/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh index 6a30f5719c..594042f562 100755 --- a/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh +++ b/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh @@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME . "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh" actual="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/actual" -c_red='\\[\\e[31m\\]' -c_green='\\[\\e[32m\\]' -c_lblue='\\[\\e[1;34m\\]' -c_clear='\\[\\e[0m\\]' +c_red='\001\e[31m\002' +c_green='\001\e[32m\002' +c_lblue='\001\e[1;34m\002' +c_clear='\001\e[0m\002' test_expect_success 'setup for prompt tests' ' git init otherrepo && -- 2.37.2.351.g9bf691b78c.dirty
