Shell setup | gitflect

If you installed gitflect with the install script, shell integration is already configured automatically. This page is only needed for manual installs.

gitflect init prints shell code. Add the matching line to your shell startup file after your normal prompt has been configured.

Bash

eval "$(gitflect init bash)"

Common startup files are ~/.bashrc on Linux and ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc on macOS, depending on how your terminal starts Bash.

Zsh

eval "$(gitflect init zsh)"

The usual startup file is ~/.zshrc.

Preserving your prompt

The default integration keeps your existing prompt and inserts the Git segment before the prompt marker.

seeker@fedora:~/work/app [main ≡ +1 ~2 -0 !]$

Set GITFLECT_REPLACE_PROMPT=1 before loading the init script if you want gitflect to render the whole prompt.

export GITFLECT_REPLACE_PROMPT=1
eval "$(gitflect init bash)"

Try it without changing profile files

Bash:

bash --noprofile --norc -i
eval "$(gitflect init bash)"

Zsh:

zsh -f
eval "$(gitflect init zsh)"

Close the temporary shell to return to your normal setup.