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 7+# Branch
 8+
 9+Displays the current Git or Mercurial branch fast.
10+
11+## Speed test
12+
13+### Mercurial
14+
15+```shell
16+$ time hg branch
17+0.11s user 0.14s system 70% cpu 0.355 total
18+```
19+
20+### Branch plugin
21+
22+```shell
23+$ time zsh /tmp/branch_prompt_info_test.zsh
24+0.00s user 0.01s system 78% cpu 0.014 total
25+```
26+
27+## Usage
28+
29+Edit your theme file (eg.: `~/.oh-my-zsh/theme/robbyrussell.zsh-theme`)
30+adding `$(branch_prompt_info)` in your prompt like this:
31+
32+```diff
33+- PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
34++ PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)$(branch_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
35+```
36+
37+## Maintainer
38+
39+Victor Torres (<vpaivatorres@gmail.com>)
40diff --git a/plugins/branch/branch.plugin.zsh b/plugins/branch/branch.plugin.zsh
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46+# Branch: displays the current Git or Mercurial branch fast.
47+# Victor Torres <vpaivatorres@gmail.com>
48+# Oct 2, 2015
49+
50+function branch_prompt_info() {
51+  # Defines path as current directory
52+  local current_dir=$PWD
53+  # While current path is not root path
54+  while [[ $current_dir != '/' ]]
55+  do
56+    # Git repository
57+    if [[ -d "${current_dir}/.git" ]]
58+    then
59+      echo '±' ${"$(<"$current_dir/.git/HEAD")"##*/}
60+      return;
61+    fi
62+    # Mercurial repository
63+    if [[ -d "${current_dir}/.hg" ]]
64+    then
65+      echo '☿' $(<"$current_dir/.hg/branch")
66+      return;
67+    fi
68+    # Defines path as parent directory and keeps looking for :)
69+    current_dir="${current_dir:h}"
70+  done
71+}