iTerm2 status bar component for the latest Git commit message

README.md

iTerm2 status bar component for the latest Git commit message

Generate the component text

# bash: Place this in .bashrc.
# zsh: Place this in .zshrc.
test -e "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh" && source "${HOME}/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh"
function iterm2_print_user_vars() {
  iterm2_set_user_var gitLastCommitMessage "$(if [ -d .git ]; then; git show --format=%s -s 2>/dev/null; fi)"
}

Create the component

In iTerm2...

• Right-click on the status bar and click "Configure Status Bar".
• Click and drag the "Interpolated String" component onto the "Active Components"
• Click to select it and click the "Configure Component" button at the bottom left of he dialog box.
• Set the string value to 𐌒 \(user.gitLastCommitMessage), optionally configure the display details, and click "OK".

That's it. 🙂

See also

• See also Scripting Fundamentals: Setting User-Defined Variables.
• See also Scripting Fundamentals: Interpolated Strings

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