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Use format string from HGRC if available This allows repository specific prompts (e.g. no status in large repos or no incoming/outgoing on repos where the remote communication is too slow).
| author | Oben Sonne <obensonne@googlemail.com> |
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| date | Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:22:43 +0100 |
| parents | 0b2242d65b92 |
| children | (none) |
Installation ============ Installing `hg-prompt` requires [Python][] 2.5+ and (obviously) Mercurial. [Python]: http://python.org/ First, clone the repository: :::console $ hg clone http://bitbucket.org/sjl/hg-prompt/ Edit the `[extensions]` section in your `~/.hgrc` file: :::cfg [extensions] prompt = (path to)/prompt.py Make sure everything is working: :::console $ hg prompt 'test' test Take a look at the [Quick Start][] guide to learn how to put some useful information into your shell prompt. [Quick Start]: /quickstart/