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lallysingh on Oct 7, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Git info in your ZSH Prompt

I like a timestamp so that I know:

(1) How long the last command took (approx, as there's time between the prompt showing and me putting in a command)

(2) How long ago I ran the last command in a given shell window

silentbicycle on Oct 8, 2010 [–]

When I care about the former (and I often do), I just prefix it with time. "time make bench" etc. The real / user / system break down is more meaningful than just wall clock time.

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