On Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 11:20 AM Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> For reference bash does have the equivalent of that with \[ \], but
> that's specific to bash and it's converted to \001 \002 internally
> which is what readline understands. A prompt function (like
> __git_ps1()) cannot return \[ \].



In that case we should document this as being for readline compatibility
rather than bash prompt compatibility.  Forestalls more of the slippery
slope arguments, too.