Makes your command line prompt more informative without being intrusive.
Run cargo build --release to create a binary of the program.
Simple replace your current PS1 with the path to the longship executable.
No need for any elevated privileges.
zsh
PS1=$'$(/path/to/longship)'bash
PS1='$(/path/to/longship)'If in a directory which is in /home/USER/.. a ~ will be displayed instead.
~/Code/rust_projects/longship
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If rust, go or python files are present in the current directory they will be indicated with an indicating emoji and the version of the compiler/ interpreter.
If a python virtual environment is active its name will be displayed even when there are no python files.
If it is a remote session it is indicated with the user name and the last part of the IP address in front of the path.
If in a directory where in its or the parent path a .git/HEAD file is present the name
of the branch will be displayed.
🛰 [USER.11]~/Code/rust_projects/longship/src 🌿master 🦀1.75.0 🐿️go1.22.4 🐍3.11.9 python_venv
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You can still use all your desired command completions and all other features you modified your shell with without any changes.
This is heavily inspired by starship which is a much more powerful and versatile prompt.