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# Current directory that just works
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The current working directory is perhaps the most important prompt segment. Powerlevel10k goes to
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great length to highlight its important parts and to truncate it with the least loss of information
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when horizontal space gets scarce.
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When the full directory doesn't fit, the leftmost segment gets truncated to its shortest unique
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prefix. In the screencast, `~/work` becomes `~/wo`. It couldn't be truncated to `~/w` because it
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would be ambiguous (there was `~/wireguard` when the session was recorded). The next segment --
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`projects` -- turns into `p` as there was nothing else that started with `p` in `~/work/`.
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Directory segments are shown in one of three colors:
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- Truncated segments are bleak.
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- Important segments are bright and never truncated. These include the first and the last segment,
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roots of Git repositories, etc.
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- Regular segments (not truncated but can be) use in-between color.
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_Tip_: If you copy-paste a truncated directory and hit _TAB_, it'll complete to the original.
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_Troubleshooting_: [Directory is difficult to see in prompt when using Rainbow style.](../troubleshooting.md#directory-is-difficult-to-see-in-prompt-when-using-rainbow-style)
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