---
id: sapling
title: Sapling
sidebar_label: Sapling
---

## What

Display [sapling][sapling] information when in a sapling repository.

## Sample Configuration

```json
{
  "type": "sapling",
  "style": "powerline",
  "powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",
  "foreground": "#193549",
  "background": "#4C9642",
  "background_templates": ["{{ if .Bookmark }}#4C9642{{ end }}"],
  "properties": {
    "fetch_status": true
  }
}
```

## Properties

### Fetching information

| Name              | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `fetch_status`    | `boolean` | fetch the local changes - defaults to `true`                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `native_fallback` | `boolean` | when set to `true` and `sl.exe` is not available when inside a WSL2 shared Windows drive, we will fallback to the native sapling executable to fetch data. Not all information can be displayed in this case. Defaults to `false` |

## Template ([info][templates])

:::note default template

```template
{{ if .Bookmark }}\uf097 {{ .Bookmark }}*{{ else }}\ue729 {{ .ShortHash }}{{ end }}{{ if .Working.Changed }} \uf044 {{ .Working.String }}{{ end }}
```

:::

### Properties

| Name           | Type            | Description                                |
| -------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `.RepoName`    | `string`        | the repo folder name                       |
| `.Working`     | `SaplingStatus` | changes in the worktree (see below)        |
| `.Description` | `string`        | the first line of the commit's description |
| `.Author`      | `string`        | the author of the commit                   |
| `.Hash`        | `string`        | the full hash of the commit                |
| `.ShortHash`   | `string`        | the short hash of the commit               |
| `.When`        | `string`        | the commit's relative time indication      |
| `.Bookmark`    | `string`        | the commit's bookmark (if any)             |
| `.Dir`         | `string`        | the repository's root directory            |

### SaplingStatus

| Name         | Type      | Description                                  |
| ------------ | --------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `.Modified`  | `int`     | number of modified changes                   |
| `.Added`     | `int`     | number of added changes                      |
| `.Deleted`   | `int`     | number of removed changes                    |
| `.Untracked` | `boolean` | number of untracked changes                  |
| `.Clean`     | `int`     | number of clean changes                      |
| `.Missing`   | `int`     | number of missing changes                    |
| `.Ignored`   | `boolean` | number of ignored changes                    |
| `.String`    | `string`  | a string representation of the changes above |

Local changes use the following syntax:

| Icon | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| `+`  | added       |
| `~`  | modified    |
| `-`  | deleted     |
| `?`  | untracked   |
| `=`  | clean       |
| `!`  | missing     |
| `Ø`  | ignored     |

[sapling]: https://sapling-scm.com/
[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates