Use Angle brackets in git segment template

[rmiller3]

My desired git segment is just the branch name in angle brackets; a simple one that doesn't require a nerd font (disregard how the triple equals renders in github)

< branchname ≢ >

I got it working, more or less, with this modification of one of the default themes. However, if I replace 'xx' below with '<' and 'yy' with '>' it breaks it and doesn't render the segment. How can I properly escape the angle brackets? If I use square brackets it works, if I leave it 'xx' and 'yy' it works (renders that)

  - type: git
    style: plain
    background_templates:
    - "{{ if or (.Working.Changed) (.Staging.Changed) }}#FF9248{{ end }}"
    - "{{ if and (gt .Ahead 0) (gt .Behind 0) }}#ff4500{{ end }}"
    - "{{ if gt .Ahead 0 }}#B388FF{{ end }}"
    - "{{ if gt .Behind 0 }}#B388FF{{ end }}"
    template: "xx{{ .UpstreamIcon }}{{ .HEAD }}{{if .BranchStatus }} {{ .BranchStatus }}{{ end }}{{ if .Working.Changed }} \uf044 {{ .Working.String }}{{ end }}{{ if and (.Working.Changed) (.Staging.Changed) }} |{{ end }}{{ if .Staging.Changed }} \uf046 {{ .Staging.String }}{{ end }}{{ if gt .StashCount 0 }} \ueb4b {{ .StashCount }}{{ end }}xx"
    properties:
      branch_max_length: 25.0
      fetch_stash_count: true
      fetch_status: true
      fetch_upstream_icon: true
      branch_icon: ''
      upstream_icon: ''
      azure_devops_icon: ''

[lewis-yeung]

@rmiller3 Although undocumented, the escape is possible: <<> for a single <, and <>> for a single >.

[rmiller3]

Thanks! What language uses angle bracket tags for escape? Is it an something internal to the oh-my-posh processor code?

If internal, why not use ? Would that break other scenarios?

[JanDeDobbeleer]

Internal

[lewis-yeung]

What language uses angle bracket tags for escape?

@rmiller3 FWIK, no. And I can say that <<>/<>> just happens to work because of the specific logic of parsing style tags in Oh My Posh. 😂 It's up to @JanDeDobbeleer to decide whether to document this usage.

[JanDeDobbeleer]

@lewis-yeung it's a happy little side effect. I can check how to do this smarter, but not now.