Bash it is a collection of community bash commands and scripts. (And a shameless ripoff of oh-my-zsh. :)

Includes autocompletion, themes, aliases, custom functions, a few stolen pieces from Steve Losh, and more.

Bash it provides a solid framework for using, developing and maintaining shell scripts and custom commands for your daily work. If you're using the Bourne Again Shell (Bash) on a regular basis and have been looking for an easy way on how to keep all of these nice little scripts and aliases under control, then Bash it is for you! Stop polluting your ~/bin directory and your .bashrc file, fork/clone Bash it and start hacking away.

1. Check a clone of this repo: git clone https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it.git ~/.bash_it
2. Run ~/.bash_it/install.sh (it automatically backs up your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc, depends on your OS)
3. Edit your modified config (~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc) file in order to customize bash it.

NOTE: The install script will also prompt you asking if you use Jekyll. This is to set up the .jekyllconfig file, which stores info necessary to use the Jekyll plugin.

INSTALL OPTIONS: The install script can take the following options:

• --all: Enable all aliases, plugins and completions.
• --none: Don't enable any aliases, plugins or completions.

If none of these parameters is provided, the install script will ask the user.

bash-it show aliases        # shows installed and available aliases
bash-it show completions    # shows installed and available completions
bash-it show plugins        # shows installed and available plugins
bash-it help aliases        # shows help for installed aliases
bash-it help completions    # shows help for installed completions
bash-it help plugins        # shows help for installed plugins

For custom scripts, and aliases, just create the following files (they'll be ignored by the git repo):

• aliases/custom.aliases.bash
• lib/custom.bash
• plugins/custom.plugins.bash

Anything in the custom directory will be ignored, with the exception of custom/example.bash.

There are a few bash it themes. If you've created your own custom prompts, I'd love it if you shared with everyone else! Just submit a Pull Request to me (revans).

You can see the theme screenshots here

Alternatively, you can preview the themes in your own shell using BASH_PREVIEW=true reload

Bash it creates a 'reload' alias that makes it convenient to reload your bash profile when you make changes.

Bash it provides prompt themes the ability to check and display version control information for the current directory. The information is retrieved for each directory and can slow down the navigation of projects with a large number of files and folders. Turn version control checking off to prevent slow directory navigation within large projects.

Bash it provides a flag (SCM_CHECK) within the ~/.bash_profile file that turns off/on version control information checking and display within all themes. Version control checking is on by default unless explicitly turned off.

Set SCM_CHECK to 'false' to turn off version control checks for all themes:

• export SCM_CHECK=false

Set SCM_CHECK to 'true' (the default value) to turn on version control checks for all themes:

• export SCM_CHECK=true

NOTE: It is possible for themes to ignore the SCM_CHECK flag and query specific version control information directly. For example, themes that use functions like git_prompt_vars skip the SCM_CHECK flag to retrieve and display git prompt information. If you turned version control checking off and you still see version control information within your prompt, then functions like git_prompt_vars are most likely the reason why.

Bash it can show some information about Git repositories in the shell prompt: the current branch, tag or commit you are at, how many commits the local branch is ahead or behind from the remote branch, and if you have changes stashed.

Additionally, you can view the status of your working copy and get the count of staged, unstaged and untracked files. This feature is controlled through the flag SCM_GIT_SHOW_DETAILS as follows:

Set SCM_GIT_SHOW_DETAILS to 'true' (the default value) to show the working copy details in your prompt:

• export SCM_GIT_SHOW_DETAILS=true

Set SCM_GIT_SHOW_DETAILS to 'false' to don't show it:

• export SCM_GIT_SHOW_DETAILS=false

The Bash it pass function has been renamed to passgen in order to avoid a naming conflict with the pass password manager. In order to minimize the impact on users of the legacy Bash it pass function, Bash it will create the alias pass that calls the new passgen function if the pass password manager command is not found on the PATH (default behavior).

This behavior can be overridden with the BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS flag as follows:

Set BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS to 'true' to force Bash it to always create the pass alias to passgen:

• export BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS=true

Unset BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS to have Bash it return to default behavior:

• unset BASH_IT_LEGACY_PASS

We think everyone has their own custom scripts accumulated over time. And so, following in the footsteps of oh-my-zsh, Bash it is a framework for easily customizing your bash shell. Everyone's got a custom toolbox, so let's start making them even better, as a community!

Send us a pull request and we'll merge it as long as it looks good. If you change an existing command, please give an explanation why. That will help a lot when we merge your changes in.

Thanks, and happing bashing!

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