diff --git a/.git-prompt-support b/.git-prompt-support
index dcbf30e..797ab1f 100644
--- a/.git-prompt-support
+++ b/.git-prompt-support
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # bash/zsh git prompt support
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006,2007 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ __git_sequencer_status ()
     elif __git_eread "$g/sequencer/todo" todo
     then
         case "$todo" in
-        p[\ \    ]|pick[\ \    ]*)
+        p[[:space:]]|pick[[:space:]]*)
             r="|CHERRY-PICKING"
             return 0
         ;;
-        revert[\ \    ]*)
+        revert[[:space:]]*)
             r="|REVERTING"
             return 0
         ;;
diff --git a/src/bash.sh b/src/bash.sh
index 1296667..ba3d393 100644
--- a/src/bash.sh
+++ b/src/bash.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ shopt -s histverify
 # Git completion support
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source "$DEVROOT/dev-tools/.git-completion-support"
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "$DEVROOT/dev-tools/.git-prompt-support"
 
 # Command Prompt
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
diff --git a/src/functions.sh b/src/functions.sh
index bd0ceb8..d8b0857 100644
--- a/src/functions.sh
+++ b/src/functions.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,34 @@ gitlog() {
     ' | column -ts '|'
 }
 
-
+# pretty one line git log of current repository with merge and side branch indicators
 gitlogp() {
-    entries=$1
-    branch="$2"
-    [ -n "$entries" ] && entries="-${entries#-}"
+    entries=""
+    branch=""
+    reverseFlag=0
+
+    # parse named args
+    while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+        case "$1" in
+            -n|--entries)
+                entries="-$2"
+                shift 2
+                ;;
+            -b|--branch)
+                branch="$2"
+                shift 2
+                ;;
+            -r|--reverse)
+                reverseFlag=1
+                shift
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Unknown option: $1"
+                echo "Usage: gitlogp [-n N] [-b branch] [-r]"
+                return 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
 
     fmt='%h|%p|%cd|%an|%(describe:tags)|%s'
     datearg="--date=format:%m-%d-%y %H:%M"
@@ -105,7 +128,7 @@ gitlogp() {
         git log "$branch" --format="$fmt" "$datearg" $entries
     else
         git log --format="$fmt" "$datearg" $entries
-    fi | awk -F'|' '
+    fi | awk -F'|' -v reverseFlag=$reverseFlag '
         {
           commit=$1
           parents=$2
@@ -124,17 +147,11 @@ gitlogp() {
           n=split(parents, arr, " ")
           parentCount[commit]=n
 
-          for (i=1; i<=n; i++) {
-            if (arr[i] != "") parentOf[commit]=parentOf[commit] " " arr[i]
-          }
 
-          # mark the *second parent* of merges
-          if (n > 1) {
-            markBranch[arr[2]]=1
-          }
+          if (n > 1) markBranch[arr[2]]=1
         }
         END {
-          # propagate [side] marks backwards
+          # propagate [side]
           changed=1
           while (changed) {
             changed=0
@@ -150,20 +167,33 @@ gitlogp() {
             }
           }
 
-          for (i=1; i<=NR; i++) {
-            c=order[i]
-
-            # decide marker
-            if (parentCount[c] > 1) {
-              flag="[merge]"
-            } else if (c in markBranch) {
-              flag="[side]"
-            } else {
-              flag="      "
+          # decide iteration order
+          if (reverseFlag) {
+            for (i=NR; i>=1; i--) {
+              c=order[i]
+              if (parentCount[c] > 1) {
+                flag="[merge]"
+              } else if (c in markBranch) {
+                flag="[side]"
+              } else {
+                flag="       "
+              }
+              printf "%-8s %-7s | %-20s | %-14s | %-15s | %-25s | %s\n", \
+                     c, flag, parentsOf[c], dateOf[c], authorOf[c], tagOf[c], subjectOf[c]
+            }
+          } else {
+            for (i=1; i<=NR; i++) {
+              c=order[i]
+              if (parentCount[c] > 1) {
+                flag="[merge]"
+              } else if (c in markBranch) {
+                flag="[side]"
+              } else {
+                flag="       "
+              }
+              printf "%-8s %-7s | %-20s | %-14s | %-15s | %-25s | %s\n", \
+                     c, flag, parentsOf[c], dateOf[c], authorOf[c], tagOf[c], subjectOf[c]
             }
-
-            printf "%-8s %-7s  %-20s  %-14s  %-15s  %-25s  %s\n", \
-                   c, flag, parentsOf[c], dateOf[c], authorOf[c], tagOf[c], subjectOf[c]
           }
         }
     '
diff --git a/src/prompt.sh b/src/prompt.sh
index bc8ff63..3dba85c 100644
--- a/src/prompt.sh
+++ b/src/prompt.sh
@@ -30,16 +30,41 @@ Time12h="\T"
 PathShort="\w"
 Date="\d"
 
+# obtain the folder name of the selected node version (from nvm symlink)
+get_symlink_basename() {
+    # Check if NVM_SYMLINK is set
+    if [ -z "$NVM_SYMLINK" ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Get the actual target path of the symlink
+    local target
+    target=$(readlink "$NVM_SYMLINK")
+
+    # Extract the basename of the folder
+    local version="${target##*/}"  # Get the last part after the last '/'
+
+    # Echo the extracted version
+    echo "$version"
+}
+
+# Helper: get parent directory name (portable)
+get_parent_dirname() {
+    local dir
+    dir="${NVM_BIN%/*}"
+    echo "${dir##*/}"
+}
+
 # test if NVM_SYMLINK exists
 if [[ -L "$NVM_SYMLINK" ]]; then
     # prompt for use in windows
     echo "   -- windows prompt"
-    export PS1=$Cyan$Time12h$Color_Off$Purple' <$(basename $(readlink "$NVM_SYMLINK"))>'$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
+    export PS1=$Cyan$Time12h$Color_Off$Purple' <$(get_symlink_basename)>'$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
     echo "$(echo `git status` | grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null 2>&1; \
     if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then \
         # Clean repository - nothing to commit
-        echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)"); \
+        echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
     else \
         # Changes to working tree
         echo "'$Red'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
@@ -54,12 +79,12 @@ fi
 if [ -d "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
     echo "   -- linux prompt"
     # prompt for use in linux
-    export PS1=$Cyan$Time12h$Color_Off$Purple' <$(basename $(dirname "$NVM_BIN"))>'$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
+    export PS1=$Cyan$Time12h$Color_Off$Purple' <$(get_parent_dirname)>'$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
     echo "$(echo `git status` | grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null 2>&1; \
     if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then \
         # Clean repository - nothing to commit
-        echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)"); \
+        echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
     else \
         # Changes to working tree
         echo "'$Red'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \