prompt_pwd.fish

function prompt_pwd --description "Print the current working directory, shortened to fit the prompt"
    set -q argv[1]
    and switch $argv[1]
        case -h --help
            __fish_print_help prompt_pwd
            return 0
    end

    # This allows overriding fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length from the outside (global or universal) without leaking it
    set -q fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length
    or set -l fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length 1

    # Replace $HOME with "~"
    set realhome ~
    set -l tmp (string replace -r '^'"$realhome"'($|/)' '~$1' $PWD)

    if [ $fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length -eq 0 ]
        command echo $tmp
    else
        # Shorten to at most $fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length characters per directory
        builtin string replace -ar '(\.?[^/]{'"$fish_prompt_pwd_dir_length"'})[^/]*/' '$1/' $tmp
    end
end