Author: Jay Jo

bookmark_borderGit branch with colors in Zsh

Posted on by Jay Jo 
$ vi ~/.zshrc
# Load version control information
autoload -Uz vcs_info
precmd() { vcs_info }

# Format the vcs_info_msg_0_ variable
zstyle ':vcs_info:git:*' formats 'on branch %b'

# Set up the prompt (with git branch name)
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT='%n in ${PWD/#$HOME/~} ${vcs_info_msg_0_} > '
  • Add Git branch

https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

And using Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.

Installation

$ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Add plugins and use plugins

$ vi ~/.zshrc
plugins=(
  git
  bundler
  dotenv
  osx
  rake
  rbenv
  ruby
)
ZSH_THEME="agnoster" # (this is one of the fancy ones)
# see https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes#agnoster
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