Dynamic R Prompt

Set the R prompt dynamically, from a function. The package contains some examples.

This prompt has

• The status of the last command (success or failure).
• The amount of memory allocated by the current R process.
• The name of the R package being developed using devtools.
• Name of the active git branch.
• State of the git working tree (needs pushes, pulls, and/or dirty).

A powerline clone, that also shows the current working directory.

Install the package from CRAN, as usual:

install.packages("prompt")

Use one of the pre-defined prompts, as on the screenshots, or create your own. You can set the prompt in your .Rprofile. Maybe you only want to do this in interactive mode:

if (interactive()) prompt::set_prompt(prompt::prompt_fancy)

or the powerline prompt:

if (interactive()) prompt::set_prompt(prompt::make_prompt_powerline())

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