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+ / _` | | __(_) / __|/ _ \| '_ \ / _` | '__| |
+ | (_| | | |_ _| \__ \ (_) | | | | (_| | | | |
+ \__, |_|\__(_) |___/\___/|_| |_|\__,_|_| | |
+ |___/ \_\ /_/
+
+git-sonar is a shell prompt git status indicator, add it to your $PS1 prompt to
+see real-time information about the current directory's repository, branch,
+changed files, etc. git-sonar is forked from the original project git-radar by
+Michael Allen, which is no longer receiving maintenance.
+Ref: https://github.com/michaeldfallen/git-radar
+
+git-sonar also provides git-precheck, a shell utility script which inspects a
+repository and returns machine-parseable results not easily gathered from
+git status. It is intended for use in other git-related scripts.
+
+
+INSTALLATION
+------------
+For a normal installation, run 'make install', but see the output from 'make'
+for more installation options. You can run 'git-sonar --version' to confirm
+that the install was successful.
+
+
+GETTING STARTED
+---------------
+Both of the scripts have an accompanying man-page, which can be viewed after
+installation using the 'man' command, or by passing '--help' to either script
+directly.
+
+These are the user-facing documentation and contain more details about usage,
+configuration, and inserting git-sonar into your particular shell's prompt.
+
+Out of the box, git-sonar has a very usable default configuration, and most
+features are enabled. One can be up and running by just updating their $PS1
+variable - but see the "USAGE" section of git-sonar's man-page for some possible
+$PS1 pitfalls.
+
+
+GETTING SUPPORT
+---------------
+Get in touch on the mailing list to ask questions, report problems, submit
+patches, or discuss the project!
+
+ git-sonar@normalmode.org
+
+For more information, or instructions on subscribing, send an email to:
+
+ git-sonar+help@normalmode.org
+
+
+COMPATIBILITY WITH GIT-RADAR
+----------------------------
+git-sonar is no longer a "drop in" replacement for git-radar. All of the
+environment variables used for configuration have been either renamed, or
+removed, and several others have been added. git-sonar does not read from any
+special RC files, just the shell environment. Furthermore, both tools support
+different command line options.
+
+git-sonar does preserve the original hallmark features of git-radar, and its
+default appearance is very faithful to the original as well.
+
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+For historical reasons, git-sonar, git-precheck, and associated documentation
+are made available under the MIT license - the same license utilized by
+git-radar.
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-# Git Sonar
-
-A heads up display for git. Fork of 'git-radar' by Michael Allen (https://github.com/michaeldfallen/git-radar).
-
-![An example of git-sonar]
-
-## Installation
-
-For a normal installation, run 'make install' (may require sudo), but see the
-output from 'make' for more installation options. Run 'git-sonar -h' to confirm
-the install is successful.
-
-## Support
-
-### Colour Codes
-
-Colour codes make use of the colours your terminal app claims to be `red`
-or `green`. Using one of these codes will only produce the colour your terminal
-claims, so you should customise your colour scheme on your terminal as well as
-customising git-sonar.
-
-Note the "Bright" colours can be shown as bold instead, it depends on your
-terminal. By default, for example, the Mac OSX Terminal.app uses the "Bright"
-colours to provide 8 new lighter colours but some terminals only support 8 and
-will show the text as bold instead.
-
-Colour | Code for Text | Code for Background
---------------|----------------|--------------------
-Black | `\\033[0;30m` | `\\033[0;40m`
-Red | `\\033[0;31m` | `\\033[0;41m`
-Green | `\\033[0;32m` | `\\033[0;42m`
-Yellow | `\\033[0;33m` | `\\033[0;43m`
-Blue | `\\033[0;34m` | `\\033[0;44m`
-Magenta | `\\033[0;35m` | `\\033[0;45m`
-Cyan | `\\033[0;36m` | `\\033[0;46m`
-White | `\\033[0;37m` | `\\033[0;47m`
-Bright Black | `\\033[1;30m` | `\\033[1;40m`
-Bright Red | `\\033[1;31m` | `\\033[1;41m`
-Bright Green | `\\033[1;32m` | `\\033[1;42m`
-Bright Yellow | `\\033[1;33m` | `\\033[1;43m`
-Bright Blue | `\\033[1;34m` | `\\033[1;44m`
-Bright Magenta| `\\033[1;35m` | `\\033[1;45m`
-Bright Cyan | `\\033[1;36m` | `\\033[1;46m`
-Bright White | `\\033[1;37m` | `\\033[1;47m`
-Reset | `\\033[0m` | `\\033[0m`
-
-Note the Reset will set back to what your terminal claims as standard text and
-background.
-
-## License
-
-Git Radar and Git Sonar are licensed under the MIT license.
-
-See [LICENSE] for the full license text.
-
-## Links
-
-* [mini-git-radar](https://github.com/bogem/mini-git-radar) - lightweight version of git-radar. Only for macOS and bash/fish.