Consider shorter WindowTitle for when we get a tabbed console in Windows 10 1809

[rkeithhill]

With a tabbed console coming:

We should rethink our WindowTitle in 1.0.0 a bit:

I like that we put the PowerShell version/arch/pid info to the right. Folks should be able to hover over the tab and get a tooltip with that info. However the posh~git ~ will take up valuable, visible tab space. We should think about nuking that prefix and go with just:

Another thought - with a tabbed interface like this it might be handy to display the current working dir in the title but only when not in a repo e.g.:

Finally, I've been thinking about tweaking the Get-PromptPath function so that when DefaultPromptAbbreviateHomeDirectory is $true and you are in your home dir, you get the full path e.g. C:\Users\Keith. It is only when you go down a level that you get the ~ e.g. ~\GitHub\dahlbyk\posh-git. That would turn this somewhat odd looking prompt:

~
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into

C:\Users\Keith
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but still give me a shortened path in this case:

~\GitHub\dahlbyk\posh-git\src
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[dahlbyk]

However the posh~git ~ will take up valuable, visible tab space. We should think about nuking that prefix and go with just:

Agreed. Let's just drop it. (cc #538)

with a tabbed interface like this it might be handy to display the current working dir in the title but only when not in a repo

Even without a tabbed interface this seems useful.

Finally, I've been thinking about tweaking the Get-PromptPath function so that when DefaultPromptAbbreviateHomeDirectory is $true and you are in your home dir, you get the full path e.g. C:\Users\Keith. It is only when you go down a level that you get the ~ e.g. ~\GitHub\dahlbyk\posh-git.

Agree that just ~ is an odd prompt. It would make sense to switch to ~/... once you navigate into a subfolder, or we could switch to a length limit to condense the path name (e.g. #58). I could see the logic working something like...

• If current folder is too long, show …\long-project-name
• If path is too long and inside $Home, swap in ~
• If path is still too long, include as many full directories as possible (…\dahlbyk\posh-git)

[rkeithhill]

@dahlbyk PR #567 addresses the primary issue here. Do you want to tackle the modification to Get-PromptPath to elide paths? If you don't have time, I'll take a crack at it in a separate PR.

[dahlbyk]

Separate PR is fine, whoever gets there first. Good TDD exercise. 😁