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Alphabetize functions.
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Steve Losh <steve@stevelosh.com> |
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Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:41:51 -0400 |
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Quick Start
===========
This guide will get you up and running so you can put some useful information
into your shell prompt.
If you haven't already [installed][install] it, do that now.
[install]: /installation/
A Simple (But Useful) Prompt
----------------------------
Edit your `~/.bashrc` file to include something like this:
:::bash
hg_ps1() {
hg prompt "{ on {branch}}{ at {bookmark}}{status}" 2> /dev/null
}
export PS1='\u at \h in \w$(hg_ps1)\n$ '
`source ~/.bashrc` after to test it out. Make sure you're in a Mercurial
repository or you won't see anything. This little prompt will give you
something like this:
:::console
steve at myhost in ~/src/hg-prompt on default at feature-bookmark?
$
An Advanced Prompt
------------------
How about something a little more interesting?
:::bash
hg_ps1() {
hg prompt "{[+{incoming|count}]-->}{root|basename}{/{branch}}{-->[+{outgoing|count}]}{ at {bookmark}}{status}" 2> /dev/null
}
export PS1='$(hg_ps1)\n\u at \h in \w\n$ '
And the result (this example assumes one incoming changeset and two outgoing):
:::console
[+1]-->hg-prompt/default-->[+2] at feature-bookmark
steve at myhost in ~/src/hg-prompt
$
Learn More
----------
From here you can take a look at the [full documentation][] to see all the
interesting things `hg-prompt` can do.
[full documentation]: /documentation/