You have not seen git-prompt yet. How about forgetting that there is git-status?...

		lvv on Aug 17, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Display your current git branch as part of your ba... You have not seen git-prompt yet. How about forgetting that there is git-status? See http://volnitsky.com/project/git-prompt And it will do svn, hg and a lot of other stuff.