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I've been rejiggering my prompt. The story so far...

have

left side

• id@host - arguably useless yet i find them reassuring
• git branch name - in red if master
• git branch dirty
• cwd

right side

• more detailed git status flags
• rvm ruby version (and gemset, though i seldom use those)
• last command exit status if nonzero

want

• % or # depending on whether i'm root
• more general VCS indicators for the non-git world

considering

• execution time of last command
• time
• command #
• time since last commit
• presence of background jerbs
• current git sha

do not want

• date

http://cl.ly/3s1K45301f090D2F4515

How many lines? At the last place we worked together I had a two line prompt. Which included host, branch, and ports for that branch. Colored red if I was in integ. Sometimes I have found the time it took to execute the last command useful, esp for those long tasks that I wasn't paying enough attention to, to notice if they were getting longer.

Ooh, execution time is a splendid idea. After years of resistance I have come around to multiline prompts. I'm looking at three lines: one blank, one long, and one short with the cursor.

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--mkb ## Sent from my handheld. Please excuse the crazy typos.

On Jun 6, 2012, at 10:59 PM, eghm ***@***.*** wrote: How many lines? At the last place we worked together I had a two line prompt. Which included host, branch, and ports for that branch. Colored red if I was in integ. Sometimes I have found the time it took to execute the last command useful, esp for those long tasks that I wasn't paying enough attention to, to notice if they were getting longer. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://gist.github.com/2886674