zsh shell is not showing git branch name

Question

I have following code in my .zshrc file. When I go to my repos and the git branch name is not showing up on the right side of the console until I source the .zshrc file with

source ~/.zshrc

parse_git_branch() {
     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}

RPS1=`parse_git_branch`

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:11

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I would recommend you use Oh-My-Zsh

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

It has great options and git support out of the box (branch names, coloring, stash...)

answered Jan 26 '18 at 14:11

Renato C.

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I agree, the link is great, but could you please provide more details from the link... – EugenSunic Jan 26 '18 at 20:10
zshrc is a cool tool but with 250+ plugins business security sometimes blocks its usage. Any idea how to do without the tools? – iDev Oct 21 '22 at 17:59

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '22 at 07:52

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You can use vcs_info:

autoload -Uz vcs_info
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' enable git
zstyle ':vcs_info:*' formats '(%b)'
precmd() { vcs_info }
setopt prompt_subst
RPROMPT='${vcs_info_msg_0_}'

This is already included with zsh.

answered Jul 12 '22 at 07:52

Constantin

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zsh shell is not showing git branch name

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