Good terminal prefix (pats head)

i do the following to be more efficient: # Allow $VAR and $(cmd) in PROMPT setopt prompt_subst # --------------------------------------------------------------- # DATE / TIME # --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMPT_DATETIME='%D{%b %d %H:%M:%S}' # '%D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # EXIT CODE INDICATOR (shows only when nonzero) # --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMPT_EXIT='%(?..[%?])' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # COMMAND TIMING (built-in; prints for cmds > 2s) # --------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTTIME=2 # --------------------------------------------------------------- # PYTHON VIRTUALENV INDICATOR (shows only if active) # If you don't want the default "(venv)" that virtualenv adds, # also set: export VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1 # --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMPT_VENV='${VIRTUAL_ENV:+(${${VIRTUAL_ENV:t}})}' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # DIRECTORY SHORTENING (fish-style-ish) # compress middle dirs to their first letter # --------------------------------------------------------------- shorten_path () { local P=$1 local -a parts parts=("${(s:/:)P}") if (( ${#parts[@]} > 3 )); then # first / compressed middle / last print -r "${parts[1]}/${(j:/:)${parts[2,-2]/(#m)?*/${MATCH[1]}}}/${parts[-1]}" else print -r "$P" fi } PROMPT_PWD='%~' # PROMPT_PWD='$(shorten_path $PWD)' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # JOB COUNT (background jobs) # --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMPT_JOBS='%(1j.[%j job(s)].)' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # PURE-GIT INDICATORS (no external tools) # branch name, dirtiness, staged, unstaged, untracked flags # --------------------------------------------------------------- git_prompt () { local branch staged unstaged untracked dirty branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null) || return 0 staged=$(git diff --cached --name-status 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ') unstaged=$(git diff --name-status 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ') untracked=$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ') dirty="" (( staged > 0 )) && dirty+="+" # staged (( unstaged > 0 )) && dirty+="*" # unstaged (( untracked > 0 )) && dirty+="?" # untracked print -r "[$branch$dirty]" } PROMPT_GIT='$(git_prompt)' # --------------------------------------------------------------- # FINAL PROMPT # --------------------------------------------------------------- PROMPT="${PROMPT_DATETIME} ${PROMPT_EXIT} ${PROMPT_VENV} ${PROMPT_PWD} ${PROMPT_JOBS} ${PROMPT_GIT} %# " (venv) Feb 28 12:22:44 (venv) ~/repos/homemade_benchmark_tests %