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home-bash-service default PS1 overwrites .bashrc PS1 in login shells

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com>
Cc: 70205-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, paren <at> disroot.org,
 Tanguy Le Carrour <tanguy <at> bioneland.org>, Andrew Tropin <andrew <at> trop.in>,
 70164-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#70205] [PATCH] home: services: bash: Move default PS1
 prompt to bashrc
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:53:54 +0200

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Hi Richard,

Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com> skribis:

> Reported in <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/70164>.
>
> * home/services/shells.scm (add-bash-configuration): Move default PS1 prompt
> from .bash_profile to .bashrc.
>
> Change-Id: Ic437458ee362cc4aa803a71c9962af866749f59a

Sounds reasonable to me; thanks for the clear explanation in
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/70164>.

There was one missing newline before aliases so I made the following
change (adding two newlines, for good measure).

Applied, thanks!

Ludo’.

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diff --git a/gnu/home/services/shells.scm b/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
index a5b2586dde..ee6b09f17c 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/shells.scm
@@ -421,11 +421,11 @@ (define (add-bash-configuration config)
      ,@(list (file-if-not-empty
               'bashrc
               (if (home-bash-configuration-guix-defaults? config)
-                  (list (plain-file-content %default-bashrc)
+                  (list (plain-file-content %default-bashrc) "\n"
                         ;; The host distro might provide a bad 'PS1'
                         ;; default--e.g., not taking $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT into
                         ;; account.  Provide a good default here when asked.
-                        "PS1='\\u@\\h \\w${GUIX_ENVIRONMENT:+ [env]}\\$ '"
+                        "PS1='\\u@\\h \\w${GUIX_ENVIRONMENT:+ [env]}\\$ '\n"
                         (serialize-field 'aliases))
                   (list (serialize-field 'aliases))))
              (file-if-not-empty 'bash-logout)))))

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