Version v2.2.0 Release Candidate 2

Added

• chroot: LP_ENABLE_CHROOT config option (#801)
• display: LP_ENABLE_DISPLAY config option (#801)
• env: end_color paramater to _lp_env_vars() (#798)
• multiplexer: LP_ENABLE_MUX config option (#801)
• temp: LP_TEMP_SYSFS_IGNORE_FILES config option (#807)
• theme: Extra optional parameters to theme-preview.sh (#805)

Fixed

• theme: Avoid costly strip escape on filling sequence (#803)
• theme: Minimal template not working at all (#805)
• zsh: Zsh crash in Unfold theme (#805)

Changed

• docs: Update docs with new features in v2.2 (#795)
• theme: Minimal template moved from themes/ to templates/ (#805)
• theme: Update Unfold theme (#795)

Version v2.2.0 Release Candidate 1

See the Changelog for the complete set of changes since v2.1.2. Documentation for this release can be found here.

2.2.0-rc.1 - 2023-10-23

Added

• general: _lp_fill() function for use by themes (#738)
• general: _lp_join() function for use by themes (67a4221)
• general: _lp_version_greatereq() function for use by themes (#752)
• general: _lp_version_string() function for use by themes (#752)
• general: config-from-doc.sh script (#772)
• general: Multiple config presets (#755, #772)
• cmake: CMake option display (d8254c6)
• disk: Disk space display (#771)
• docs: List features disabled by default (#750)
• docs: Spell checking workflow (787e03e)
• env: User defined env variables section (#722, #754)
• error: Display meaning of exit code (#729, #745)
• git: Display of remote for branch (#784)
• jobs: Configurable jobs separator (#743)
• modules: Environment modules support (#763, #766)
• os: Display OS data (#724, #756)
• path: Option to disable path display (#775)
• path: Path sections as hyperlinks (#659, #668)
• ram: Display available RAM (#770, #788)
• theme: Dev env section (67a4221)
• theme: New Unfold theme (#746)
• theme: Status bar example scripts (#775)
• theme: LP_THEME variable to set current theme (#792)
• tmux: LP_ENABLE_TMUX_TITLE_PANES option (c74a9e4)

Fixed

• docs: Improved docs on theme switching (#765, #767)
• git: Printed error if error during interactive rebase (#758, #759)
• hostname: Hostname hash on systems without hostname binary (#776)
• load: Load display on Android systems (#587)
• multiplexer: _lp_multiplexer() return variable incorrectly named
  lp_mulitplexer (#748)
• python: Poetry virtualenvs showing "prompt =" (#760)
• tests: Bash preexec tests not working in screen/tmux (#773)
• theme-preview: Set SSH context for display (#769)
• theme-preview: Stop indenting prompts to fix multiline prompts (#744)
• zsh: errors when ksh_arrays set (708635b)

Changed

• general: Move project to "liquidprompt" GitHub organization.
• docs: Unifiy project name as "Liquid Prompt" (#677)
• docs: Improve marketing (#731)
• tests: Print name of failed tests at end of script (9992fce)

Version v2.1.2

Fixed

• bash: PROMPT_COMMAND not saved and respected on first load (#715)

Thanks to

• @tsangal for reporting issue (#715)

Version v2.1.1

Fixed

• battery: Error messages printed with buggy driver with sysfs backend (#713)
• temp: Error messages printed with buggy driver with sysfs backend (#713)

Thanks to

• Florian "KopfKrieg" (@KopfKrieg) for reporting sysfs issue (#713)

Version v2.1.0

See the v2.1.0 release notes for an overview of the improvements and features in this version.

Deprecated

• env: LP_ENABLE_FQDN replaced with LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=full (#472)
• utils: _lp_as_text() replaced with __lp_strip_escapes() (6085cd2)

Added

• aws: AWS profile display (#496, #679, 4c8ac92)
• bash: Compatibility with bash-preexec (#672)
• battery: Linux sysfs backend (#689)
• container: Container status data source (#569, #612, #709)
• env: LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=fqdn displays true FQDN (#472)
• env: LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=pretty shows display name (#596)
• env: Nested shell level data source (#606)
• hg: LP_HG_COMMAND config option to customize hg binary (#701)
• k8s: kubectl current context display (#578, #673, #681, #695, d41b5c8)
• multiplexer: Custom prompt brackets in multiplexers (#453)
• node: Node.js environment display (#298)
• path: Return unescaped path in lp_path in _lp_path_format() (a23af79)
• ruby: Ruby environment display (#628, 239a574, #676, 59078f0)
• temp: Linux sysfs backend (#623)
• terraform: Terraform workspace support (#669)
• title: Title command feature (#609, #665, 0c23a33, a23af79)
• vcsh: Print the VCSH directory name in the custom prompt mark (#363)
• wifi: Wireless signal strength data source (#139)

Fixed

• bash: Support for Bash 5.1+ PROMPT_COMMAND as array (#684)
• color: LP_COLORMAP reverting to default value (145f146)
• docs: Outdated link to Symbola font project page (#662)
• docs: Small typos and license clarification (#664, #678, 66d1d2b)
• git: Git worktrees would never detect repo states (1be52e0)
• git: Respect environment variable GIT_DIR (1be52e0)
• path: Add __lp_escape() calls to _lp_path_format() (36ab8fa, a23af79)
• powerline: First character color issue in Zsh and Bash-3.2 (70ce708)
• powerline: Array issues in Bash-3.2 (77dc561)
• ruby: Zsh crash on rbenv output parse (#667)
• temp: High temp values would stick (#686)
• term: Some terminal emulators being detected as Telnet connections (#483)
• term: Early exit on TERM=unknown (#688)
• zsh: local bugs in Zsh-5.0 (7db4ada)

Changed

• general: Directly generate prompt mark instead of escape code (#665, 1a22e1e)
• general: Refactor internal shell hooking implementation (0ce7646)
• bash: Avoid setting any shell options (#663, a1d0a54)
• env: Lookup hostname instead of escape code (#665, 0368523)
• env: Lookup username instead of escape code (#665, 61df03a)
• hg: _lp_hg_commits_off_remote() returns 2 instead of 3 (#696)
• python: Load virtualenv name from venv config first (#708)
• sudo: Use the --validate flag instead of running true (#702)
• sudo: Make _lp_sudo_active() a no-op if user has NOPASSWD (#344)
• time: Call date to generate time instead of escape code (#665, dd1f8f8)
• tests: All included themes run through theme-preview tester (3b75185)
• tests: test.sh accepts shells as arguments (9a2c067)
• vcs: Unsupported VCS functions defined as empty functions (#696)
• zsh: Avoid setting any shell options except for promptpercent (58969b2)

Thanks to

• Martin Schütte (@mschuett) for implementing Kubernetes context data source feature (#578).
• Sam Pearson (@sagepe) for implementing AWS_PROFILE environment variable feature (#496).
• Étienne Deparis (@milouse) for implementing ruby/gemset data source feature (#628) and fixing some refactoring bugs (#671).
• Ken Crowell (@oeuftete) for implementing Terraform workspace data source feature (#669).
• Ian Smith (@ismith) for implementing Kubernetes context prefix/suffix stripping (#673) and compatibility with bash-preexec (#672).
• Emil Lerch (@elerch) for adding support for AWS_VAULT (#679).
• Michael Livshin (@cmm) for improving how Liquidprompt interacts with shell options (#663) and reporting temperature bug (#686).
• Slobodan Todorov (@todorowww) for implementing the sysfs backend for battery data source (#689).
• Simon Chopin (@schopin-pro) for fixing detection of invalid environments (#688).
• @Mice7R for improving sudo detection (#702).
• Alan Hoyle (@alanhoyle) for implementing container environment data source feature (#653).
• David Caro (@Terseus) for implementing Nodeenv support (#495).
• Mark Korondi (@kmARC) for implementing NVM support (#561).
• Thomas Guimbretiere (@ProfMobius) for implementing custom core prompt brackets while in multiplexer (#453).
• Marco d'Itri (@rfc1036) for implementing sysfs temperature (#623) and suggesting systemd-nspawn containers support (#709).
• Dugan Chen (@duganchen) for fixing broken links in the documentation (#662).
• Aleksey Tsalolikhin (@atsalolikhin-spokeo) for fixing typos in the documentation (#664).
• Otto Kekäläinen (@ottok) for improving documentation (#678).
• Tiziano Santoro (@tiziano88) for requesting config option for datetime format (#281).
• Michael Louis Thaler (@mithaler) for reporting a bug with Ruby and Zsh (#667).
• Ludovic Rousseau (@LudovicRousseau) for reporting a bug with temperature detection (#670).
• Michael Große (@micgro42) for reporting missing documentation (#676).
• Niko Storni (@nikooo777) for reporting invalid acpi detection (#690).
• Chris Weyl (@rsrchboy) for reporting bug when no Kubernetes context exists (#695).
• Federico Stra (@FedericoStra) for reporting slowness issue with command_not_found_handle and VCS (#696).
• Éloi Rivard (@azmeuk) for requesting LP_HG_COMMAND config option (#701).
• Roman (@hatifnatt) for reporting inconsistency with FQDN support (#472).
• Janne Himanka (@jhimanka) for requesting systemd pretty hostname support (#596).
• Peter van Dijk (@Habbie) for requesting shell nesting level support (#606).
• Martin Blanchard (@t-chaik) for requesting Toolbox containers data source support (#612).
• Felix Eckhofer (@tribut) for reporting issue with Telnet detection in Guake terminal (#483).
• François GUÉRIN (@frague59) for suggesting Python virtualenv prompt value support (#708).
• Kyle P Davis (@KylePDavis) for requesting Nodeenv support (#298).
• Olivier Mengué (@dolmen) for suggesting static sudo check (#344).
• Brian May (@brianmay) for suggesting VCSH improvement (#363).
• Joseph Bass (@jab416171) for requesting Wifi signal strength support (#139).
• @dreamcat4 for requesting support of Bash 5.1+ PROMPT_COMMAND array (#684).

Version v2.1.0 Release Candidate 1

This is the diff from Beta 1. See the Changelog for the complete set of changes since v2.0.5. Documentation for this release can be found here.

Deprecated:

• utils: _lp_as_text() replaced with __lp_strip_escapes() (6085cd2)

Added:

• temp: Linux sysfs backend (#623)

Changed:

• docs: Update theme previews to include shell nesting level (591493a)
• node: Disable Node.js virtualenv feature by default (0234eb1)

Fixed:

• term: Syntax error preventing detection of TERM=dumb (95835ba)
• time: Check for date requirement (f56ccfa)

Version v2.1.0 Beta 1

A long time coming, but it is almost here. There are no Upgrade or Release Notes yet, those will come soon before the first release candidate. Documentation for this release can be found here.

There is not yet a feature freeze on this window, but most likely nothing else from the v2.1 milestone will make it into this window, and will be shoved to v2.2.

Deprecated

• env: LP_ENABLE_FQDN replaced with LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=full (#472)

Added

• aws: AWS profile display (#496, #679, 4c8ac92)
• bash: Compatibility with bash-preexec (#672)
• battery: Linux sysfs backend (#689)
• battery: ACPI backend option to choose battery (#687)
• container: Container status data source (#569, #612, #709)
• env: Return unescaped hostname in _lp_hostname() (#665, a23af79)
• env: Return unescaped username in _lp_username() (#665, a23af79)
• env: LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=fqdn displays true FQDN (#472)
• env: LP_HOSTNAME_METHOD=pretty shows display name (#596)
• env: Nested shell level data source (#606)
• hg: LP_HG_COMMAND config option to customize hg binary (#701)
• k8s: kubectl current context display (#578, #673, #681, #695, d41b5c8)
• multiplexer: Custom prompt brackets in multiplexers (#453)
• node: Node.js environment display (#298)
• path: Return unescaped path in lp_path in _lp_path_format() (a23af79)
• ruby: Ruby environment display (#628, 239a574, #676, 59078f0)
• terraform: Terraform workspace support (#669)
• title: Title command feature (#609, #665, 0c23a33, a23af79)
• vcsh: Print the VCSH directory name in the custom prompt mark (#363)
• wifi: Wireless signal strength data source (#139)

Fixed

• bash: Support for Bash 5.1+ PROMPT_COMMAND as array (#684)
• color: LP_COLORMAP reverting to default value (145f146)
• docs: Outdated link to Symbola font project page (#662)
• docs: Small typos and license clarification (#664, #678, 66d1d2b)
• git: Git worktrees would never detect repo states (1be52e0)
• git: Respect environment variable GIT_DIR (1be52e0)
• path: Add __lp_escape() calls to _lp_path_format() (36ab8fa, a23af79)
• powerline: First character color issue in Zsh and Bash-3.2 (70ce708)
• powerline: Array issues in Bash-3.2 (77dc561)
• ruby: Zsh crash on rbenv output parse (#667)
• temp: High temp values would stick (#686)
• term: Some terminal emulators being detected as Telnet connections (#483)
• term: Early exit on TERM=unknown (#688)
• zsh: local bugs in Zsh-5.0 (7db4ada)

Changed

• general: Directly generate prompt mark instead of escape code (#665, 1a22e1e)
• general: Remove backslash escaping from Zsh __lp_escape() (658ce84)
• general: Refactor internal shell hooking implementation (0ce7646)
• bash: Avoid setting any shell options (#663, a1d0a54)
• env: Lookup hostname instead of escape code (#665, 0368523)
• env: Lookup username instead of escape code (#665, 61df03a)
• hg: _lp_hg_commits_off_remote() returns 2 instead of 3 (#696)
• python: Load virtualenv name from venv config first (#708)
• sudo: Use the --validate flag instead of running true (#702)
• sudo: Make _lp_sudo_active() a no-op if user has NOPASSWD (#344)
• time: Call date to generate time instead of escape code (#665, dd1f8f8)
• tests: All included themes run through theme-preview tester (3b75185)
• tests: test.sh accepts shells as arguments (9a2c067)
• vcs: Unsupported VCS functions defined as empty functions (#696)
• zsh: Avoid setting any shell options except for promptpercent (58969b2)

New Contributors

• @mschuett
• @sagepe
• @oeuftete
• @ismith
• @elerch
• @cmm
• @todorowww
• @schopin-pro
• @Mice7R
• @alanhoyle
• @Terseus
• @kmARC
• @ProfMobius
• @rfc1036
• @duganchen
• @atsalolikhin-spokeo
• @ottok

Version v2.0.5

Fixed

• temp: High temp values would stick (#686, df5b88a)

Version v2.0.4

Changed

• hg: _lp_hg_commits_off_remote() returns 2 instead of 3 (#696)
• vcs: Unsupported VCS functions defined as empty functions (#696)

Thanks to

• Federico Stra (@FedericoStra) for reporting VCS slowness issues.

Version v2.0.3

Fixed

• hg: Stash count erroring with no function defined (#671)
• fossil: Stash count erroring with no function defined (#671)
• fossil: Uncommited files erroring with no function defined (#671)
• fossil: Untracked files erroring with no function defined (#671)
• svn: Uncommited files erroring with no function defined (#671)
• temp: Temperature erroring if tool returns no data with set -u (#670)

Thanks to

• Ludovic Rousseau (@LudovicRousseau) for reporting temperature bug.
• Étienne Deparis (@milouse) for reporting and fixing incorrect function call.