ohmyzsh/plugins/branch/README.md

Branch plugin

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:

plugins=(... branch)

Speed test

• hg branch:

  $ time hg branch
  0.11s user 0.14s system 70% cpu 0.355 total

• branch plugin:

  $ time zsh /tmp/branch_prompt_info_test.zsh
  0.00s user 0.01s system 78% cpu 0.014 total

Usage

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 --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

Victor Torres (vpaivatorres@gmail.com)