pista

a simple {bash, zsh} prompt for programmers

features

• shortened current working directory
• git info (branch/commit, ahead/behind status, repo status)
• superuser indicator
• fully configurable
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installation

• Step 0: install rust

$ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
Rust is installed now. Great!

# check if you have the latest version. 
# pista works with rustc >= 1.34
$ rustc --version
rustc 1.36.0 (a53f9df32 2019-07-03)

# update rust if required
$ rustup update

• Step 1a (install from crates.io): install pista with cargo (rust's package manager):

# if you want to install from source, skip over to 1b
$ cargo install pista

$ ~/.cargo/bin/pista -V
Pista 0.1.2
# yay!

• Step 1b (install from source): if you do not want install from crates.io, you can install from source:

# install from source
$ git clone https://github.com/nerdypepper/pista --recurse-submodules
$ cargo install --path ./pista --force

$ ~/.cargo/bin/pista -V
Pista 0.1.2
# yay!

• Step 2a (bash): bash users, set your PS1:

PS1='$(pista)'    # regular variant
PS1='$(pista -m)' # minimal variant

• Step 2b (zsh): zsh users, add this to your .zshrc:

autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
_pista_prompt() {
	PROMPT="$(pista -z)"   # `pista -zm` for the miminal variant
}
add-zsh-hook precmd _pista_prompt

pista handles prompt modifications when you enter virtual environments. make sure to disable virtualenv's changes.

export VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1

thats it! read on if you aren't happy with the defaults.

configuration

this is the default configuration. drop this in your .bashrc (or .zshrc) to get started. remember to source ~/.bashrc (or source ~/.zshrc) to observe the changes!

# prompt string to display, for regular users
export PROMPT_CHAR="$"
export PROMPT_CHAR_COLOR="green"

# prompt string to display, for the root user
export PROMPT_CHAR_ROOT="#"
export PROMPT_CHAR_ROOT_COLOR="red"

# if SHORTEN_CWD is set to 1, `/home/nerdypepper/code` is shortened to
# `/h/n/code`
export SHORTEN_CWD=1
export CWD_COLOR="white"

# if EXPAND_TILDE is set to 0, `/home/nerdypepper` is shortened to `~`
export EXPAND_TILDE=0

# there are three possible states for a git repo
# - unstaged (working tree has been modified) 
# - staged (staging area has been modified)
# - clean (all staged changes have committed)

# symbol to represent clean repo state
export GIT_CLEAN="·"
export GIT_CLEAN_COLOR="green"

# symbol to represent unstaged repo state
export GIT_WT_MODIFIED="×"
export GIT_WT_MODIFIED_COLOR="red"

# symbol to represent staged repo state
export GIT_INDEX_MODIFIED="±"
export GIT_INDEX_MODIFIED_COLOR="yellow"

# if HEAD ref peels to branch
export BRANCH_COLOR="green"

# if HEAD ref peels to a commit (detached state)
export COMMIT_COLOR="green"

all 16 colors are available:

black
red
green
yellow
blue
magenta (or purple)
cyan
white

bright black
bright red
bright green
bright yellow
bright blue
bright magenta (or purple)
bright cyan
bright white