messa

• Width flexible shell prompt

• Fast

  normal directory	git directory
  1.1 ms ± 0.2 ms	5.2 ms ± 0.1ms

  measured with hyperfine

• Configure with yaml

• Supports ssh, git, kubernetes, datetime

Install

1. Install messa

• statically linked single binary from here

• or Use cargo

  cargo install messa
  

2. Append following code to your shell config file

• Bash

  # ~/.bashrc
  export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
  function create_prompt(){
      PS1=$(messa --error $? --width $COLUMNS --user $USER --host $HOSTNAME --shell bash)
  }
  export PROMPT_COMMAND="create_prompt;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
  

• Zsh

  # ~/.zshrc
  export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
  function create_prompt() {
      PS1=$(messa --error $? --width $COLUMNS --user $USER --host $HOSTNAME --shell zsh)
  }
  precmd_functions+=(create_prompt)
  

• Fish

  # ~/.config/fish/config.fish
  function fish_prompt
      messa --error $status --width $COLUMNS --user $USER --host $HOSTNAME --shell fish
  end
  

3. Setup config

wget -O ~/.messa.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shosatojp/messa/master/.messa.yaml

4. Reload your shell

. ~/.bashrc

Build

cargo build

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