From 4e4e3f3fefab0ead3aa0b4822675355d40303b10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Mortgat <mortgat@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:17:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Bash PS1: Split up PS1 into small components

Signed-off-by: Benoit Mortgat <mortgat@gmail.com>
---
 etc/profile | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/profile b/etc/profile
index 6a1bc8dd..3acf9660 100644
--- a/etc/profile
+++ b/etc/profile
@@ -153,14 +153,21 @@ esac
 
 . /git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
 
-PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007
-\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w'
+PS1='\[\033]0;'                # VT100 compat: reset all colors
+PS1="$PS1"'$MSYSTEM:\w'        # e.g. MINGW32:/path/to/cwd
+PS1="$PS1"'\007'               # Ascii character BEL
+PS1="$PS1"'\n'                 # new line
+PS1="$PS1"'\033[32m\]'         # change color
+PS1="$PS1"'\u@\h '             # user@host<space>
+PS1="$PS1"'\[\033[33m'         # change color
+PS1="$PS1"'\w'                 # current working directory
 if test -z "$WINELOADERNOEXEC"
 then
-	PS1="$PS1"'$(__git_ps1)'
+	PS1="$PS1"'$(__git_ps1)'   # bash function
 fi
-PS1="$PS1"'\033[0m\]
-$ '
+PS1="$PS1"'\033[0m\]'          # change color
+PS1="$PS1"'\n'                 # new line
+PS1="$PS1"'$ '                 # prompt: always $
 
 # set default options for 'less'
 export LESS=-FRSX
-- 
2.11.4.GIT