Fishshell: CMake & finding source directories

CMake is a great tool for makefile generation, far better than old arcane configure scripts and such, but it’s great out-of-source build support can lead to a common annoyance of constantly jumping back and forth between build and source directories, or having multiple build directories for a single source checkout. In my case, I frequently find myself forgetting exactly where the correct source tree is when I’m working in a build-tree.

So, here’s a little fish function called `prompt_src` that you can add to your prompt to let it always show you the source directory for the build tree you’re in, and also show the current git version that you’re working from. The image above shows my OpenCV/build directory (the response is in yellow indicating it’s not a Git source tree), and then my main application directory showing in Red because it’s been modified, but it’s the develop branch.


function prompt_src --description 'Find details on this builds SOURCE dir'
        set -l cdir (pwd)
        while [ $cdir != "/" ]
            if [ -e $cdir/CMakeCache.txt ]
                set -l SourceDir ( cat $cdir/CMakeCache.txt | grep SOURCE_DIR | head -n 1 | cut -d '=' -f 2)
                if [ -d $SourceDir/.git ]
                    set -l gitinfo (git --git-dir=$SourceDir/.git --work-tree=$SourceDir status -sb --untracked-files=no)
                    set -l branch ( echo $gitinfo[1] | cut -b 4- )
                    set -l branch_color (set_color red)\[M\]
                    if test (count $gitinfo) -eq 1
                        set branch_color (set_color green)
                    end
                    echo \* Builds (set_color green)$SourceDir $branch_color \($branch\) (set_color normal)
                    return
                else
                    echo \* Builds (set_color yellow)$SourceDir (set_color normal)
                    return
                end
            end
            set cdir (dirname $cdir)
        end
    end