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When comparing Bureau vs robbyrussell, the Slant community recommends Bureau for most people. In the question“What's the best theme for Oh My Zsh?” Bureau is ranked 6th while robbyrussell is ranked 8th.
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Pros
Pro Changes color when you are logged in as root
Pro Has current date/time
Pro Has git/mercurial integration
Pro Beautiful and meaningful colors
Pro Comes with ohmyzsh
Pro The default theme for oh my zsh
You don't need to change anything to use this. It's the default theme.
Pro Very simple
Shows the folder you are in and if there's a git repository it shows the current branch.
Pro Nice color
Nice color codes.
Cons
Con Uses two lines
Con Does not show your current directory
Plain PROMPT='%~ '
has a big advantage over this theme.
Con Slow when working with large Git repositories
Con Prompt screws up cursor
The right arrow used in the prompt seems to be larger than 1 character, but slightly smaller than two. As such, your cursor will either be very slightly offset, or so offset that it is unworkable.