# Branch
  
  Displays the current Git or Mercurial branch fast.
  
  ## Speed test
  
  ### Mercurial
  
  ```shell
  $ time hg branch
  0.11s user 0.14s system 70% cpu 0.355 total
  ```
  
  ### Branch plugin
  
  ```shell
  $ time zsh /tmp/branch_prompt_info_test.zsh
  0.00s user 0.01s system 78% cpu 0.014 total
  ```
  
  ## Usage
  
  Edit your theme file (eg.: `~/.oh-my-zsh/theme/robbyrussell.zsh-theme`)
  adding `$(branch_prompt_info)` in your prompt like this:
  
  ```diff
  - PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
  + PROMPT='${ret_status}%{$fg_bold[green]%}%p %{$fg[cyan]%}%c %{$fg_bold[blue]%}$(git_prompt_info)$(branch_prompt_info)%{$fg_bold[blue]%} % %{$reset_color%}'
  ```
  
  ## Maintainer
  
  Victor Torres (<vpaivatorres@gmail.com>)