Some questions

[rieje]

• I use GIT_DIR="$HOME"/.dotfiles.git/ GIT_WORK_TREE="$HOME" to manage dotfiles and toggle this dotfile environment on with export GIT_DIR="$HOME"/.dotfiles.git/ GIT_WORK_TREE="$HOME". vcs segment does not detect this (not that I expect to). Is it possible to still use this segment somehow or should I try to make a custom segment for it? In the event that I'm in a git repo while the dotfile environment is on , vcs info should be prioritized showing the repo I'm on over vcs info for the dotfile environment.

• If I want the prompt to use colors from my terminal theme, I have to hardcode this (by looking at the theme's defined colors) and there's not a way to have a prompt to pick from the set of colors from the theme to automatically use, right?

• Can the location of cache and .p10k.zsh be changed? I guess .p10k.zsh unless one decides to run the wizard again can but not sure about the cache, which I would like to dump to $XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh.

Much appreciated.

[romkatv]

For the vcs question, first see https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/README.md#why-is-git-status-from-homegit-not-displayed-in-prompt. If removing POWERLEVEL9K_VCS_DISABLED_WORKDIR_PATTERN does not help, flip core.bare of the repo to false and put core.worktree in the config. Something like this:

GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles.git git config core.bare false
GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles.git git config core.worktree ~

For colors, see https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/README.md#how-do-i-change-prompt-colors.

The location of the cache cannot be changed.

The location of .p10k.zsh can be changed. Move it anywhere you like and update the source line in .zshrc. You can even run p10k configure afterwards and it'll override your config (after asking for confirmation).

[rieje]

It's set from using it as a bare repo with git init --bare. Dotfiles are managed using:

• export/unset GIT_DIR=~/.dotfiles.git GIT_WORK_TREE="$HOME" to toggle environment for git commands
• showUntrackedFiles = no: only show explicitly tracked files

[romkatv]

Yep, it really doesn't need to be a bare repo.

[rieje]

Quick question:

I would like an icon indiator when I'm working in the dotfile environment (GIT_DIR/WORK_TREE set). Is this condition appropriate to integrate with my_git_formatter function? I added [[ -d "$GIT_DIR" ]] && res+=" " to the end of the function but it has no effect. Or maybe my dotfiles function can affect the prompt for the same effect. The lazy way would be a custom segment to check for the values of these variables on every command but I might want to expand on this a little more in the future so prefer the "correct" way.

[romkatv]

Your change to my_git_formatter checks for GIT_DIR within zsh, where it's always unset.

Here's how I do it: https://github.com/romkatv/zsh4humans/blob/master/tips.md#managing-dotfiles.

[Syphdias]

I've seen lots of dotfiles repos that have this bit set for no reason.

Guilty