fish_hg_prompt - output Mercurial information for use in a prompt¶
Synopsis¶
function fish_prompt
     echo -n (pwd)(fish_hg_prompt) '$ '
end
Description¶
The fish_hg_prompt function displays information about the current Mercurial repository, if any.
Mercurial (hg) must be installed.
There are numerous customization options, which can be controlled with fish variables.
- $fish_color_hg_clean,- $fish_color_hg_modifiedand- $fish_color_hg_dirtyare colors used when the repository has the respective status.
Some colors for status symbols:
- $fish_color_hg_added
- $fish_color_hg_renamed
- $fish_color_hg_copied
- $fish_color_hg_deleted
- $fish_color_hg_untracked
- $fish_color_hg_unmerged
The status symbols themselves:
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_added, default '✚'
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_modified, default '*'
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_copied, default '⇒'
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_deleted, default '✖'
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_untracked, default '?'
- $fish_prompt_hg_status_unmerged, default '!'
Finally, $fish_prompt_hg_status_order, which can be used to change the order the status symbols appear in. It defaults to added modified copied deleted untracked unmerged.
See also fish_vcs_prompt, which will call all supported version control prompt functions, including git, Mercurial and Subversion.
Example¶
A simple prompt that displays hg info:
function fish_prompt
    ...
    printf '%s %s$' $PWD (fish_hg_prompt)
end