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diff --git a/Misc/vcs_info-examples b/Misc/vcs_info-examples
index 58dd8cf98..456b3a85b 100644
--- a/Misc/vcs_info-examples
+++ b/Misc/vcs_info-examples
@@ -212,6 +212,41 @@ function +vi-git-remotebranch() {
}
+### Derive hook names dynamically
+# With the following line:
+zstyle -e ':vcs_info:git+set-message:*' hooks 'reply=( ${${(k)functions[(I)[+]vi-git-set-message*]}#+vi-} )'
+# Any function named `+vi-git-set-message-<anything>' would be automatically
+# registered as a hook. For example:
++vi-git-set-message-foo() {}
++vi-git-set-message-bar() {}
+# Both of these functions would be called, even if they are defined after the zstyle is set.
+
+
+## git: Display pertinent environment variables
+# If environment variables such as $GIT_DIR, $GIT_WORK_TREE, etc are set in the
+# environment, they'll be shown in the value of the %m expando.
+#
+# Note that the %m expando is not used by default. To see a change, either change
+# `[misc]' to `[branch]', or set the `formats` style to a value that includes `%m'.
+zstyle ':vcs_info:git+post-backend:*' hooks git-post-backend-envvars
++vi-git-post-backend-envvars() {
+ local param
+ # This uses the ${parameters} special variable (provided by the zsh/parameter
+ # module), in conjunction with the parameter expansion flags ${(k)foo} and
+ # ${(M)foo:#pattern} (documented in "Parameter Expansion" in zshexpn(1))
+ # and the (R) subscript flag (documented in "Subscript Flags" in zshparam(1)),
+ # to iterate over the names of all environment variables named "GIT_*". Then
+ # it uses the ${(P)foo} parameter expansion flag to show the values of those
+ # parameters.
+ #
+ # The value of ${hook_com[misc]} is substituted for %m in the values of the
+ # 'formats' and 'actionformats' styles.
+ for param in ${(Mk)parameters[(R)*export*]:#GIT_*}; do
+ hook_com[misc]+=";%U${param//'%'/%%}%u=%F{white}${${(P)param}//'%'/%%}%f"
+ done
+}
+
+
### hg: Show marker when the working directory is not on a branch head
# This may indicate that running `hg up` will do something
# NOTE: the branchheads.cache file is not updated with every Mercurial
@@ -433,8 +468,16 @@ zstyle ':vcs_info:-quilt-.quilt-standalone:*:*' quilt-patch-dir debian/patches
# and so we want addon mode to also use a $QUILT_PATCHES value of
# `debian/patches' in some directories. In the other directories we never
# want the default `patches' though but a dedicated place for them.
-# Say `~/patches/<repository-name>'. Now we'll use some evaluated-style
-# magic to achieve all that:
+# Say `~/patches/<repository-name>'.
+#
+# First of all, even without any configuration, vcs_info will do the right
+# thing most of the time. Whenever quilt has already run in a directory,
+# vcs_info will figure out whether that directory uses `patches' or
+# `debian/patches' by interrogating metadata in the `.pc/' subdirectory,
+# which quilt creates. To make vcs_info find the patches dir correctly even
+# when the `.pc/' directory doesn't exist, read on.
+#
+# We'll use some evaluated-style magic to achieve that:
zstyle -e ':vcs_info:*.quilt-addon:*:*' quilt-patch-dir 'my-patches-func'
# That runs something called `my-patches-func', and the value of $reply is
@@ -451,19 +494,17 @@ function my-patches-func() {
fi
# Now the part about the dedicated directory is a little trickier.
- # It requires some knowledge of vcs_info's internals. Not much though.
- # Everything about this is described in the manual because this
- # variable (plus a few others) may be of interest in hooks, where
- # they are available, too.
- #
- # The variable in question here is `$rrn' which is an abbreviation
- # of repository-root-name. if you're in
+ # The variable in question here is `$context', which is the zstyle
+ # context used for lookups. Its last component is the repository-root-name,
+ # or ${rrn} for short. If you're in
# /usr/src/zsh/Functions
# and the repository being
# /usr/src/zsh
- # then the value of `$rrn' is `zsh'. Now in case the variable is
- # empty (it shouldn't at this point, but you never know), let's
- # drop back to quilt's default "patches".
+ # then the value of `$rrn' would be `zsh'.
+ local rrn=${context##*:}
+
+ # Now, in case the variable is empty (it shouldn't at this point, but you
+ # never know), let's drop back to quilt's default value, "patches".
if [[ -z ${rrn} ]]; then
reply=( patches )
return 0