https://github.com/tmccombs/thayne.zsh-theme

A simple zsh theme that just does what I want
https://github.com/tmccombs/thayne.zsh-theme

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A simple zsh theme that just does what I want

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tmccombs/thayne.zsh-theme
• Owner: tmccombs
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2024-06-24T07:22:17.000Z (7 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-14T07:32:55.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-13T20:42:00.231Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# thayne.zsh-theme

A simple zsh theme that just does what I want

![Screenshot](assets/screenshot-2024-07-14.png)

![Screenshot with error](assets/screenshot-error.png)

## Features

- Iconography using nerd fonts

- Show status code of previous command if non-zero

- Show duration of last command, if > 1 second

- Show current time

- Show current directory

- Show current git branch

## Why I made this

I used [powerlevel10k](https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k) for a while, and I think that it is a great project.

However, I came to the conclusion that it was too complicated for what

I needed, and making my own theme would work better for me personally.

The specific issues I had with powerlevel10k are as follows:

- It includes a ton of features that I don't use

- Because it does so much, the code is difficult to understand without spending a lot of time studying it

- Editing the configuration file is pretty difficult. The configuration generated by the interactive wizard is huge,

  and while it is possible to trim it down, getting what I wanted was still a considerable amount of code.

- Although there is a lot of configurability, it isn't well documented. You have to rely on documentation for powerlevel9k,

  and the limited comments in the generated configuration file.

- It requires compiling a c program for git status, which itself links to a patched version of libgit2 that needs to be compiled

- It uses an unusual directory structure, which makes it difficult to install as a system package

So, much as I appreciate the work done by romkatv, I realized that I could create my own prompt that did everything I needed without having to depend on

a massive project like powerlevel10k.

## Future improvements

Some things I'd like that this doesn't do yet:

- [ ] Some kind of directory shortening if the currend directory is long

- [ ] Show if the current git repo is "dirty"

- [ ] Something like powelevel10k's transient prompt, but keep the time, duration, and status code.