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+[submodule "plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
+	path = plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+	url = https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
diff --git a/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting b/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
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+Subproject commit e5d8a50d362a153a28506be6fae9cf179dbb5fd4
diff --git a/themes/zephyr.zsh-theme b/themes/zephyr.zsh-theme
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+# /|/ Code by Andrew Davies:  "Zephyr"
+# 
+# name in folder (github).  github branch shown when in git directory, also shows `*`
+# to indicate dirty repo.
+function collapse_pwd {
+    echo $(pwd | sed -e "s,^$HOME,~,")
+}
+ZEPHYR_PRE="%{$fg[white]%}"
+function prompt_char {
+    echo -n "%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}"
+    git branch >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo "╘╡%{$reset_color%}" && return
+    echo "└╼%{$reset_color%}"
+}
+function close_git {
+    git branch >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo "│"
+}
+function open_git {
+    git branch >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo "├─┤" && return
+    echo "│"
+}
+
+PROMPT='
+%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}┌┤%m├─┤%{$reset_color%}%{$fg[blue]%}$(collapse_pwd)%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}$(open_git)%{$reset_color%}$(git_prompt_info)%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}$(close_git)%{$reset_color%}
+$(prompt_char) '
+RPROMPT='%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}%T%{$reset_color%}'
+
+ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[magenta]%}"
+ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{$reset_color%}"
+ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}*%{$reset_color%}"
+ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="%{$ZEPHYR_PRE%}%{$reset_color%}"