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### The Prompt
* Flags:
- * Previous command failed (`!`)
- * Background jobs (`%`)
- * You currently have superpowers (`$`)
+ * Previous command failed (**`!`**)
+ * Background jobs (**`%`**)
+ * You currently have superpowers (**`$`**)
* Current vi mode
* _You'll need to `set -g theme_display_vi yes` to enable_
* `User@Host` (unless you're the default user)
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ This theme is based loosely on [agnoster][agnoster].
* _If you use virtualenv, you will probably need to disable the default virtualenv prompt, since it doesn't play nice with fish: `set -x VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT 1`_
* Abbreviated parent directory
* Current directory, or Git or Mercurial project name
- * Current project's repo branch ( master) or detached head (`➦` d0dfd9b)
+ * Current project's repo branch ( master) or detached head (`➦` d0dfd9b)
* Git or Mercurial status, via colors and flags:
- * Dirty working directory (`*`)
- * Untracked files (`…`)
- * Staged changes (`~`)
- * Stashed changes (`$`)
- * Unpulled commits (`-`)
- * Unpushed commits (`+`)
- * Unpulled _and_ unpushed commits (`±`)
+ * Dirty working directory (**`*`**)
+ * Untracked files (**`…`**)
+ * Staged changes (**`~`**)
+ * Stashed changes (**`$`**)
+ * Unpulled commits (**`-`**)
+ * Unpushed commits (**`+`**)
+ * Unpulled _and_ unpushed commits (**`±`**)
* _Note that not all of these have been implemented for hg yet :)_
* Abbreviated project-relative path