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Well, yeah, but it's git: https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
My thinking is that I trust git on my computer, so I trust downloading from their repo.
But you're right. I should revisit this and see if it's even necessary.
Is this running in your rc (i.e. every single time you open a terminal)? Even if it's safe, I'd be annoyed by any delay.
Yeah, its checking if the file exists first, so it's not doing it all the time.
My worry is more related to repos takeovers or hacks. This is pretty hidden, so it could be easy to even forget it's there, probably not the worst, but still..
It is in my .bashrc, but any delay is not noticeable.
Ah that's fair, I didn't look closely