The slowness of my zsh prompt when in a git-svn managed directory was killing me. I improved it by removing the git status stuff that slows it down...

git_prompt_info.zsh

function git_prompt_info() {
  ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return
  echo "$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX${ref#refs/heads/}$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX"
}

where should I insert your code to make it works? thanks!

In your ~/.zshrc file.

Everyone seems pretty stoked to be rid of git status from their prompt because the git_current_branch function can be slow for large repos, but if anyone would still like to see info on their current branch you can replace with the following which is still fairly fast:

export PROMPT='${ret_status} %{$fg[cyan]%}%~%{$reset_color%} %{$fg[blue]%}$(git_current_branch)%{$reset_color%} $ '

Could someone clarify: Should one paste the above function git_prompt... into ~/.zshrc? I don't seem to notice a difference, but then I am testing on a small repo.

Git config modification to "hide dirty" check

git config --add oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty 1

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/lib/git.zsh#L16

if [[ "$(command git config --get oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty)" != "1" ]]; then

thank you!

thanks!

Git config modification to "hide dirty" check

git config --add oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty 1

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/lib/git.zsh#L16

if [[ "$(command git config --get oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty)" != "1" ]]; then

Thanks!

If someone uses gruvbox theme on ZSH, you may have to comment out prompt_bzr from build_prompt function in ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/gruvbox.zsh-theme file.

Or you may check why ZSH lags by executing this

zsh -vx

this saved my day!

Thanks ; would it be enough if I just paste it into .zshrc file?

Awesome and thanks @liladas!
@avatar-lavventura, add this snippet just above the source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh line in your ~/.zshrc

function git_prompt_info() {
  local ref
  if [[ "$(command git config --get oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty)" != "1" ]]; then
    if [[ "$(__git_prompt_git config --get oh-my-zsh.hide-status 2>/dev/null)" != "1" ]]; then
      ref=$(__git_prompt_git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || \
      ref=$(__git_prompt_git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return 0
      echo "$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX${ref#refs/heads/}$(parse_git_dirty)$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX"
    fi
  fi
}

And inside your desired (probably very large) git repo, run this command git config --add oh-my-zsh.hide-dirty 1