fish: Change prompt to a simple one The default prompt displays git information, which is not only bloat but also width-eating. On a branch with long name, the whole line will be occupied and prompt symbol (">") will sit at the next line, which is quite annoying especially on quitting pager software.

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• features/basics/init.fish
  • @@ -35,3 +35,25 @@
    echo -n (set_color blue)(string join ", " $environment) set_color normal end + + function fish_prompt + # This is a simple prompt. It looks like + # alfa@nobby /path/to/dir $ + # with the path shortened and colored + # and a "#" instead of a "$" when run as root. + set -l symbol ' $ ' + set -l color $fish_color_cwd + if fish_is_root_user + set symbol ' # ' + set -q fish_color_cwd_root + and set color $fish_color_cwd_root + end + + echo -n $USER@$hostname + + set_color $color + echo -n (prompt_pwd) + set_color normal + + echo -n $symbol + end