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From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] prompt: don't scream continuation state
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 09:14:23 +0530
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Jeff King wrote:
> It seems silly to argue about output formats when we are writing a
> prompt in a convenient Turing-complete scripting language already.
> What about something like:

Could you have a look at __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring from
rr/zsh-color-prompt in pu?  In the general case, wouldn't the user
need to re-implement this entire function (with so many variables) in
her ~/.zshrc?  Isn't it horribly painful for too little gain?