b-ryan/powerline-shell

Features

• Shell Prompt Customizers - Provides a utility for configuring and styling command-line interface prompts as a visual status bar.
• Shell Prompt Themes - Creates a visual status bar that displays system information and version control metadata across shell environments.
• VCS State Tracking - Tracks project state by extracting branch names and file status symbols from version control systems.
• Environment Configuration Display - Displays active virtual environments and specific environment variable values directly within the prompt.
• Prompt Layout Engines - Organizes visual segments and defines separator styles for terminal prompts via a configuration file.
• Shell Context Visualizers - Displays current shell environment metadata such as directory, user, and hostname for situational awareness.
• VCS Binary Querying - Queries version control system binaries to extract branch names and file status indicators.
• Version Control Systems - Displays current branch, commit offsets, and file status symbols for multiple version control systems.
• VCS Status Displays - Detects and displays version control status including stashed changes and new files directly in the prompt.
• VCS Status Monitoring - Tracks git branch names and file status changes directly within the shell prompt to speed up workflows.
• Environment Variable Readers - Reads system environment variables to identify active cloud profiles and virtual environment contexts.
• Git Status Indicators - Implements visual cues and indicators for version control repository status within the shell.
• Real-Time Status Displays - Provides real-time displays of the current branch, change counts, and file status indicators.
• Foreground and Background Colors - Defines specific foreground and background colors for status indicators such as version control and environment profiles.
• Prompt Themes - Defines the color scheme of the prompt using specific color codes from external theme files.
• Configuration-Driven Layouts - Uses an external configuration file to determine the sequence and style of visual prompt segments.
• Theme Mappings - Resolves visual styles by mapping segment identifiers to color hex codes stored in separate theme files.
• Prompt Content Injection - Provides the ability to embed the standard output of arbitrary shell commands into the rendered prompt string.
• Custom Command Execution - Injects the output of specified shell commands into the visual display of the prompt.
• Environment Profiles - Manages and displays active environment profiles to prevent mistakes when switching between projects.
• Path Truncation Utilities - Processes the current working directory string to replace middle folder segments with an ellipsis for brevity.
• Shell Workflow Optimizers - Optimizes shell workflow by shortening directory paths and using color to visualize command success or failure.
• Dynamic Content Injection in Snippets - Displays the output of shell commands or environment variable values directly within the active prompt.
• System State Indicators - Renders dynamic visual segments to show system state such as battery percentage and current time.
• Prompt Segment Scripts - Calculates prompt content by executing small shell scripts that return text and color codes.
• Visual Exit Code Indicators - Changes the prompt colors based on the success or failure code of the previously executed command.
• Directory Path Visualizations - Renders filesystem paths with truncation using ellipses to maintain a concise command line prompt.
• Command Execution Indicators - Provides visual markers in the terminal that signify the success or failure of executed commands.
• Terminal Prompts - Beautiful and functional prompt for various shells.

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