# statusline
A blazingly-fast successor to purplesyringa's [shell](https://github.com/purplesyringa/shell.git),
rewritten in Rust.
## Requirements
* Linux-compatible OS. Other OSes were not tested, but it will probably fail to run
* Bash, for the shell
* Git, for repo information
* Cargo, for installing and updating
## Installation
```
#!/bin/bash
cargo install statusline
echo 'export PS1_MODE=...' >> ~/.bashrc # for 'text' and 'minimal'
echo 'eval "$(statusline --env)"' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
```
Don't forget to check PATH and update from time to time.
## Features
* __Colorized username__ and hostname to prevent confusion if this statusline is installed on more than one device --- especially if connecting over SSH. Red color is reserved for root user
* __Git status display__ which immediately display repo's "persistent" info, and almost immediately the status. In addition, part of the working directory path inside the most nested git repo is highlighted
* __Chassis icons__ to display the type of the host device, which are acquired as fast as systemd does
* __Build tools display__ to inform which commands can be executed to "make" the project in working directory. Makefile, ./configure, CMake, purplesyringa's ./jr, qbs, qmake and cargo are supported
* __Simplified homes__ to make path more informative. Current user's home becomes `~`, others' become `~username`. Some paths are ignored to not make any confusion
* __...and others__ like "readonly" display, exit code visualization, jobs count and prompt time
## How is this different from purplesyringa's shell?
* *Small*. It relies on a small amount of external libraries --- compared to a great lot of dependencies in "shell". Executable size is lesser than a megabyte with libc as its only dependency
* *Fast, even on slow devices*. I remember waiting more than 5 seconds before the prompt appeared with "shell". I have patched it to show at least something useful before "heavy" data arrives. But I was surprised that in less than a quarter of second I've got almost the same info with this
* *Maintained*. Only two people used purplesyringa's shell: me and her. After my disappointment with "shell"'s speed, I've started working on this project and she abandoned her one in favor of this one
* *Lesser bugs*. "kill: no process found", "why does pressing <Tab> make newer prompts broken", and some others --- are not present here by design
* *More icons*. Almost every icon was changed to more appropriate and clean one
* *Nicer git status*. Proper commit abbreviation, handling of "detached head", icons even here... I just had a sleepless night that day