GitPrompt is an utility that, from a local git repository, renders information into a string suitable to be embedded in the shell prompt. It is written in Haskell.
To build the package run the following commands:
cabal install --only-dep
runhaskell Setup configure --user
runhaskell Setup build
runhaskell Setup install
or
stack build
stack install
This will build and install the binary GitPrompt
in either ~/.cabal/bin/ or
~/.local/bin/ directory.
To statically build GitPrompt, you can use the following command:
stack build --flag GitPrompt:StaticBuild
stack install
This command will instruct Stack to build GitPrompt with the StaticBuild flag, which will create a static binary. The binary will include all necessary dependencies, making it more self-contained and easier to distribute.
GitPrompt!
Usage: GitPrompt [-p|--path PATH] [-t|--theme COLOR] [-s|--short] [-V|--version]
Available options:
-h,--help Show this help text
-p,--path PATH Specify the git-rository path ($PWD by default)
-t,--theme COLOR Specify the color theme
-s,--short Use short mode
-V,--version Print version
To use it with bash, configure the shell prompt as follow:
PS1='\u@\h :: \[\033[1;32m\]\w\[\033[0m\] $(~/.local/bin/GitPrompt --theme blue)\n-> '
For zsh, try the following configuration in .zshrc:
autoload -U colors && colors
setopt promptsubst
local git_prompt='$(/root/.local/bin/GitPrompt --theme blue)'
PS1="%{$fg[green]%}%n@%m %{$fg[blue]%}%c ${git_prompt} %# "
For fish shell, define the following function in ~/.config/fish/function/fish_prompt.fish:
function fish_prompt --description 'Write out the prompt'
set -l last_status $status
set -l git_prompt (~/.local/bin/GitPrompt --theme blue)
if not set -q __fish_prompt_normal
set -g __fish_prompt_normal (set_color normal)
end
# PWD
set_color $fish_color_cwd
echo -n (prompt_pwd)
set_color normal
printf '%s '{"$git_prompt"}
if not test $last_status -eq 0
set_color $fish_color_error
end
echo -n '$ '
end