gitrepo-iterm2-tab-title-color plugin

zsh-iterm2-gitrepo-tabtitlecolor changes iterm2 tab title and color per repo.

My typical workflow is a fullscreen iterm2 with multiple tabs. In each tab there are multiple panes in which all tabs per pane are cd into some repo that I'm working on.

This plugin then sets the tab title to the repo name (capitalised) and the tab title (not background) colour to a colour hashed from the repo name. This ensure colours are consistent over sessions.

Example, clone this repo, cd there and run;

$ zsh_iterm2_gitrepo_tabtitle_git_repo_color
LightBlue #ADD8E6

zsh-iterm2-gitrepo-tabtitlecolor always resolves to LightBlue tab color.

Installation

1. Clone the repository into the custom plugins directory of Oh My Zsh:

git clone https://github.com/eskil/zsh-iterm2-gitrepo-tabtitlecolor.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-iterm2-gitrepo-tabtitlecolor

2. Add gitrepoiterm2tabtitlecolor to the list of plugins in your .zshrc file:

plugins=(...  zsh-iterm2-gitrepo-tabtitlecolor)

3. Reload your Zsh configuration or restart your terminal session:

source ~/.zshrc

Usage

The plugin acts on chdir, so simply cd into a git repo to see the effect.

If there's colours you really don't like, fork the repo and edit the list of colors at the top the plugin.

Resources

• How to change tab title

echo -ne "\e]1;this is the title\a"

• How to change tab color

echo -e "\033]6;1;bg;red;brightness;57\a"
echo -e "\033]6;1;bg;green;brightness;197\a"
echo -e "\033]6;1;bg;blue;brightness;77\a"

• Similar plugins

git clone git@github.com:SaltedBlowfish/zsh-shellcolor.git