Customize your zsh prompt ⌨️

Open zshrc config file using a text editor nano ~/.zshrc in order to add custom configurations.

Including Git Branch Information

Load version control information

autoload -Uz vcs_info
precmd() { vcs_info }

Format the vcs_info_msg_0_ variable

zstyle ':vcs_info:git:*' formats '(*%b)'

Set up the prompt (with git branch name at the end)

setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT='%n ${PWD/#$HOME/~} ${vcs_info_msg_0_} > '

Adding Colors

There are two ways to represent colors: using a color of the list [black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan or white] or a number between 0 and 255:

• %F{color}Text%f: changes "Text" color to the new color indicated (%F starts foreground color and %f stops foreground color)
• %K{color}Text%k: changes "Text" background color to the new color indicated (%K starts background color and %k stops background color)
• %BText%b: displays "Text" to bold (%B starts bold and %b stops bold)
• %UText%u: underlines "Text" (%U starts underline and %u stops underline)

Change the PROMPT set up to include color configuration:

PROMPT='%F{cyan}%n%f ${PWD/#$HOME/~} %B%F{green}${vcs_info_msg_0_}%f%b > '

Changing Shell Background

I used shell preferences to customize shell background color and effects by changing the color opacity and blur to make a semi transparent effect.