## powerlevel9k Theme for Oh-My-Zsh
This is a theme for [Oh-My-Zsh ](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh ). This
theme uses [Powerline Fonts ](https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts ), thus
giving you the most bad-ass terminal styling in the universe (as of 2015 C.E.).
Look like a bad-ass. Impress everyone in 'Screenshot Your Desktop' threads. Use powerlevel9k.
In addition to looking amazing, this theme actually provides a lot of useful
information.
### Features
* Shows lots of information about Git repositories, including:
* branch / tag name
* current action status (rebasing, merging, etc.,)
* being behind / ahead of your remote
* various local working tree statuses
* Shows command number in right-prompt (so you can `$ !<num>` to re-run)
* Shows return-code of command if it is an error code
* Shows system time in right-prompt
* Indicates background jobs with a gear
* Will conditionally display the `user@host` string
**If you would like an OMZ theme that provides most of the same features but
doesn't require Powerline fonts, check out the sister font,
[hackersaurus ](https://github.com/bhilburn/hackersaurus ).**
These screenshots should give you an idea of what `powerlevel9k` looks like:
### Installation
First, you need to install Powerline Fonts. You can find the [installation
instructions
here](https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation/linux.html#fonts-installation).
You can also find the raw font files [in this Github
repository](https://github.com/powerline/fonts).
To install this theme, drop the `.zsh-theme` file into your `.oh-my-zsh/themes`
directory. A better form of installation is to clone this repository and then
create a symlink in your 'themes' directory:
$ git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git powerlevel9k.git
$ ln -s powerlevel9k.git/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
Note that *you cannot clone this repository into your `~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/` directory* .
Oh-My-Zsh does not traverse subdirectories for themes, and will not find your theme.
You then need to select it in your `~/.zshrc` :
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k"
If you do not want to display the `user@host` string, you should also put this
in your `~/.zshrc` :
export DEFAULT_USER=< your username >
### History
I discovered the ['agnoster' OMZ theme ](https://gist.github.com/agnoster/3712874 )
while looking around for a new OMZ theme. I loved the Powerline styling, but the
terminal status lines themselves were missing a lot of the information I liked
having.
This theme was first announced [on my blog ](http://bhilburn.org/powerlevel9k-oh-my-zsh-theme/ ) in December of 2014. At
the time, the theme was missing some of the more advanced Git information. [Tom Upton ](http://www.thomasupton.com/ ) then [helped me ](http://bhilburn.org/powerlevel9k-improved-git-repo-information/ ) get things
fixed up with [his `vcs_info` hooks ](https://github.com/tupton/dotfiles/blob/master/zsh/zshrc ).
### Bugs / Contact
If you have any requests or bug reports, please use the tracker in this Github
repository.
