The best thing I ever did for my prompt was switch to zsh and start using oh-my-zsh[1]. Zsh itself has a handful of interesting features, but oh-my-zsh's built-

The best thing I ever did for my prompt was switch to zsh and start using oh-my-zsh[1]. Zsh itself has a handful of interesting features, but oh-my-zsh's built-in prompt theme support means I can cycle through prompts (most of which also include git or rvm info) with impunity. [1]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh