FISH_SVN_PROMPT(1)

okay so bestie, this is fish_svn_prompt(1) from fish-shell — the prompt helper that’s lowkey iconic ✨. It’s giving “Subversion info but make it cute,” and we’re obsessed 🫶.

💖 NAME 💖

fish_svn_prompt — output Subversion information for use in a prompt. That’s it, that’s the whole vibe 💅.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fish_svn_prompt

and like, here’s how you slot it into a prompt, fr fr:

function fish_prompt
    printf '%s' $PWD (fish_svn_prompt) ' $ '
end

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The fish_svn_prompt function displays information about the current Subversion repository, if any. No cap — if there’s an svn repo in play, this function is ready to spill the details 💅.

🚨 real talk: Subversion <https://subversion.apache.org/> (svn) must be installed. Like, actually installed. The function can’t manifest it out of thin air, bestie 😭.

There are numerous customization options, which can be controlled with fish variables. Yes, you read that right — numerous. Tune it till it slays 🌈.

• __fish_svn_prompt_color_revision — the colour of the revision number to display in the prompt 🎨
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_separator — the separator between status characters 🧚

A number of variables control the symbol ("display") and color ("color") for the different status indicators. Here’s the full roster, bestie — every single one, no skipping, periodt:

• __fish_svn_prompt_char_added_display — the display symbol for added
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_added_color — the colour value for added
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_conflicted_display — the display symbol for conflicted
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_conflicted_color — the colour value for conflicted
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_deleted_display — the display symbol for deleted
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_deleted_color — the colour value for deleted
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_ignored_display — the display symbol for ignored
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_ignored_color — the colour value for ignored
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_modified_display — the display symbol for modified
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_modified_color — the colour value for modified
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_replaced_display — the display symbol for replaced
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_replaced_color — the colour value for replaced
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_unversioned_external_display — the display symbol for unversioned external
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_unversioned_external_color — the colour value for unversioned external
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_unversioned_display — the display symbol for unversioned
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_unversioned_color — the colour value for unversioned
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_missing_display — the display symbol for missing
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_missing_color — the colour value for missing
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_versioned_obstructed_display — the display symbol for versioned obstructed
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_versioned_obstructed_color — the colour value for versioned obstructed
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_locked_display — the display symbol for locked
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_locked_color — the colour value for locked
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_scheduled_display — the display symbol for scheduled
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_scheduled_color — the colour value for scheduled
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_switched_display — the display symbol for switched
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_switched_color — the colour value for switched
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_present_display — the display symbol for token present
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_present_color — the colour value for token present
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_other_display — the display symbol for token other
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_other_color — the colour value for token other
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_stolen_display — the display symbol for token stolen
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_stolen_color — the colour value for token stolen
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_broken_display — the display symbol for token broken
• __fish_svn_prompt_char_token_broken_color — the colour value for token broken

See also fish_vcs_prompt <>, which will call all supported version control prompt functions, including git, Mercurial and Subversion. It’s the group chat that pulls everyone in 😌.

🎀 EXAMPLE 🎀

A simple prompt that displays svn info:

function fish_prompt
    ...
    printf '%s %s$' $PWD (fish_svn_prompt)
end

This is literally the plug-and-play vibe, iykyk 💜.

💖 Copyright 💖

Copyright fish-shell developers. They ate, no crumbs 👑.

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mwah 💋 — this page is from fish-shell source/version 4.9, dated Sep 08, 2026. Byeee bestie, go make your prompt iconic 🦋💅.