2009/1/4 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>: > Karl Chen <quarl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> For example: Google for how to add the name of the git branch to >> the bash prompt and you'll find countless examples of people using >> git-branch. And they're all different, so people aren't just >> blindly copying one guy; here is a small sample: >> ... >> There were a few using git-symbolic-ref but most used git-branch. > > That is a good point about user education, and is a demonstration why a > new option to cover a very narrow-special case to symbolic-ref will not > help the situation. People will add their own embellishments around the > name of the branch anyway, and the most generic symbolic-ref output is > just as useful as a special case option to show without refs/heads/. > > What you quoted are all inferior implementations of showing the name of > the current branch in the bash prompt. The most correct way (in the sense > that it won't be broken in future git) is always found in the bash > completion script in contrib/completion/git-completion.bash and it reads: > > PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' > > You can of course change this to suit your taste. For example, here is a > variant I personally use: > > PS1=': \h \W$(__git_ps1 "/%s"); ' > > The point is that __git_ps1 shell function is defined to be used for this > exact purpose and is documented in the completion script. > > Besides showing the current branch, it knows how to interpret the various > state clues git operations leave in the repository and the work tree, and > reminds them what you are in the middle of (e.g. applying patch series > using "git am", rebasing interactively, resolving conflicts after a merge > did not autoresolve, etc.), and also knows how to show the detached HEAD. The version im using, from git version 1.6.0.4.724.ga0d3a produces the following error: cut: ./HEAD: No such file or directory when in the .git/refs directory. Cheers, yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/" -- 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
