git-prompt plugin doesn't display properly

[TyMick]

Describe the bug

The git-prompt plugin isn't replacing my theme's default git prompt. Depending on the theme, it either adds an extra git-prompt prompt on the right side of the terminal (but missing a closing parethsesis) or it doesn't show up altogether.

After seeing #8936 (which this might be a duplicate of), I tried disabling the git plugin, but it turns out themes display git prompts independently of whether or not the git plugin is enabled. I also tried several different themes (that's robbyrussell and arrow in the screenshots below), but git-prompt didn't work with any of them.

To Reproduce

1. Add git-plugin to the plugins array in .zshrc.
2. exec zsh
3. cd into any git repository.

Expected behavior

I should see a git prompt matching git-prompt's examples in the correct location for my theme.

Screenshots and/or Recordings

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS / Distro: macOS 10.15.7 (19H2)
• Latest ohmyzsh update?: Yes
• ZSH Version: 5.7.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin19.0)
• Terminal emulator: Mac Terminal, VSCodium

Additional context

Here's my .zshrc (excluding comments):

export ZSH="/Users/tymick/.oh-my-zsh"
ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
plugins=(
    alias-finder brew colored-man-pages command-not-found common-aliases
    copybuffer copydir copyfile git git-auto-fetch git-prompt safe-paste sudo
    vscode web-search
)
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

And here's my .oh-my-zsh/custom: https://github.com/tywmick/ohmyzsh-custom

[jerome-benoit]

That's not an issue is fact. The plugin is meant to use RPROMPT by default. If you want to use the plugin prompt git helper, you have to write our own theme.

[mcornella]

As noted by Jérôme, to use the plugin you need to customise your theme to use the git-prompt function instead. See the guide here.