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-# Branch
+# Branch plugin
-Displays the current Git or Mercurial branch fast.
+This plugin displays the current Git or Mercurial branch, fast. If in a Mercurial repository,
+also display the current bookmark, if present.
+
+To use it, add `branch` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
+
+```zsh
+plugins=(... branch)
+```
## Speed test
-### Mercurial
+- `hg branch`:
-```shell
-$ time hg branch
-0.11s user 0.14s system 70% cpu 0.355 total
-```
+ ```console
+ $ time hg branch
+ 0.11s user 0.14s system 70% cpu 0.355 total
+ ```
-### Branch plugin
+- branch plugin:
-```shell
-$ time zsh /tmp/branch_prompt_info_test.zsh
-0.00s user 0.01s system 78% cpu 0.014 total
-```
+ ```console
+ $ time zsh /tmp/branch_prompt_info_test.zsh
+ 0.00s user 0.01s system 78% cpu 0.014 total
+ ```
## Usage
-Edit your theme file (eg.: `~/.oh-my-zsh/theme/robbyrussell.zsh-theme`)
-adding `$(branch_prompt_info)` in your prompt like this:
+Copy your theme to `$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/` and modify it to add `$(branch_prompt_info)` in your prompt.
+This example is for the `robbyrussell` theme:
```diff
-- PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
-+ PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)$(branch_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
+diff --git a/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme b/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme
+index 2fd5f2cd..9d89a464 100644
+--- a/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme
++++ b/themes/robbyrussell.zsh-theme
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ PROMPT="%(?:%{$fg_bold[green]%}➜ :%{$fg_bold[red]%}➜ )"
+-PROMPT+=' %{$fg[cyan]%}%c%{$reset_color%} $(git_prompt_info)'
++PROMPT+=' %{$fg[cyan]%}%c%{$reset_color%} $(branch_prompt_info)'
+
+ ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}git:(%{$fg[red]%}"
+ ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%} "
```
## Maintainer