@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@ function git_prompt_info() {

   echo "$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX${ref#refs/heads/}$(parse_git_dirty)$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX"

 }

+

 # Checks if working tree is dirty

 parse_git_dirty() {

-  if [[ -n $(git status -s --ignore-submodules=dirty 2> /dev/null) ]]; then

+  local SUBMODULE_SYNTAX=''

+  if [[ $POST_1_7_2_GIT -gt 0 ]]; then

+        SUBMODULE_SYNTAX="--ignore-submodules=dirty"

+  fi

+  if [[ -n $(git status -s ${SUBMODULE_SYNTAX}  2> /dev/null) ]]; then

     echo "$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY"

   else

     echo "$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN"

   fi

 }

+

 # Checks if there are commits ahead from remote

 function git_prompt_ahead() {

   if $(echo "$(git log origin/$(current_branch)..HEAD 2> /dev/null)" | grep '^commit' &> /dev/null); then

@@ -61,4 +67,30 @@ git_prompt_status() {

     STATUS="$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_UNMERGED$STATUS"

   fi

   echo $STATUS

-}

\ No newline at end of file

+}

+

+#this is unlikely to change so make it all statically assigned

+POST_1_7_2_GIT=$(git_compare_version "1.7.2")

+#clean up the namespace slightly by removing the checker function

+unset -f git_compare_version()

+

+#compare the provided version of git to the version installed and on path

+#prints 1 if input version <= installed version

+#prints -1 otherwise 

+function git_compare_version() {

+  local INPUT_GIT_VERSION=$1;

+  local INSTALLED_GIT_VERSION

+  INPUT_GIT_VERSION=(${(s/./)INPUT_GIT_VERSION});

+  INSTALLED_GIT_VERSION=($(git --version));

+  INSTALLED_GIT_VERSION=(${(s/./)INSTALLED_GIT_VERSION[3]});

+

+  for i in {1..3}; do

+    if [[ $INSTALLED_GIT_VERSION[$i] -lt $INPUT_GIT_VERSION[$i] ]]; then

+      echo -1

+      return 0

+    fi

+  done

+  echo 1

+}

+

+