The changes introduced in https://github.com/git/git/commit/7ee1af8cb8b97385fc4e603bc024d877def5adb4 causes early wrapping of the command line whilst typing your commands in Bash, when you are using the git-prompt.sh as part of the PS1_COMMAND. I do not know about other platforms or shells. The following setup is what I have: GIT_PS1_COMPRESSSPARSESTATE= GIT_PS1_DESCRIBE_STYLE= GIT_PS1_HIDE_IF_PWD_IGNORED=yes GIT_PS1_OMITSPARSESTATE= GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS=yes GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=yes GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=yes GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=yes GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto" GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR=" " PS1_PROMPT=' \\$ ' export PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "$PS1_COMBINED" "$PS1_PROMPT";' Change to any git directory: cd ~/dev/GitHub/git If all is setup properly for git-prompt.sh, you should see prompt similar to: ~/dev/GitHub/git (master|u=) $ depending upon your actual prompt. Confirm things by running: $ git remote -v and I get: origin git@xxxxxxxxxx:git/git.git (fetch) origin git@xxxxxxxxxx:git/git.git (push) Now start typing a LONG command. echo 'This is a really long command that, as you start typing will suddenly wrap around to the same line before it reaches the end of the line' The issue can be more greatly seen if you examine what is actually added to the prompt. My prompt has a more elements in it (datetime, shell level, count of pushd's, whoiam@machinename. So, if I run: echo $PS1 I get ... \001$(code=${?##0};echo ${code:+$(tput setaf 9)\002(${code})\ })\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 6)\002${PS1_SHELL_IN}\001$(tput setaf 14)\002$SHLVL\001$(tput setaf 6)\002${PS1_SHELL_OUT} \001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 5)\002\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S} \001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 6)\002\u\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 8)\002@\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 2)\002\h\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 8)\002:\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$(tput setaf 3)\002\w\001$(tput sgr0)\002\001$([[ $(dirs -p | wc -l) -gt 1 ]] && echo "\002 [\001$(dirs -p | wc -l | xargs)\001]\002") (${__git_ps1_branch_name}|u=) \\$ You will notice a LOT of "\001" and "\002"s. But none near the " (${__git_ps1_branch_name}|u=) " part. To ensure that the current code in https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh#L262 is actually sending out the "\001" and "\002", you can run echo $PS1 | hexdump -C I'm on MacOS, so the equivalent command that shows the hex and ASCII output may be needed elsewhere to show this. The output I see is 000001f0 5c 30 30 32 5c 30 30 31 24 28 5b 5b 20 24 28 64 |\002\001$([[ $(d| 00000200 69 72 73 20 2d 70 20 7c 20 77 63 20 2d 6c 29 20 |irs -p | wc -l) | 00000210 2d 67 74 20 31 20 5d 5d 20 26 26 20 65 63 68 6f |-gt 1 ]] && echo| 00000220 20 22 5c 30 30 32 20 5b 5c 30 30 31 24 28 64 69 | "\002 [\001$(di| 00000230 72 73 20 2d 70 20 7c 20 77 63 20 2d 6c 20 7c 20 |rs -p | wc -l | | 00000240 78 61 72 67 73 29 5c 30 30 31 5d 5c 30 30 32 22 |xargs)\001]\002"| 00000250 29 20 28 01 1b 5b 33 32 6d 02 24 7b 5f 5f 67 69 |) (..[32m.${__gi| 00000260 74 5f 70 73 31 5f 62 72 61 6e 63 68 5f 6e 61 6d |t_ps1_branch_nam| 00000270 65 7d 01 1b 5b 30 6d 02 7c 75 3d 29 20 5c 5c 24 |e}..[0m.|u=) \\$| 00000280 0a |.| In the ASCII output, you can see my "\001" and "\002"s. But in the hexadecimal output, you can see `01` and `02`. The following patch fixes this, resulting in the "\001" and "\002"s being present in the PS1 environment variable. diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh index 71f179cba3..6585164efe 100644 --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh @@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring () else # Using \001 and \002 around colors is necessary to prevent # issues with command line editing/browsing/completion! - 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' + 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 This is my first attempt to supply a patch to git considering it pretty much never fails me! If there is anything else needed, I hope I can provide it. Regards. Richard Quadling.
