You can temporarily deactivate the liquid prompt and come back to your previous one by typing . Use to bring it back.

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ there is changes, in yellow if there is pending commits to push;
 * the error code of the last command, if it has failed in some way;
 * a smart mark: ± for VCS directories, $ for simple user, a red # for root.
 
+You can temporarily deactivate the liquid prompt and come back to your previous
+one by typing `prompt_off`. Use `prompt_on` to bring it back.
+
 
 ## INSTALL
 

liquidprompt.bash

@@ -752,6 +752,21 @@ __set_bash_prompt()
     #PS1="\[\033[G\]${PS1}${NO_COL}"
 }
 
-PROMPT_COMMAND=__set_bash_prompt
+# Activate the liquid prompt
+prompt_on()
+{
+    LP_OLD_PROMPT="$PS1"
+    PROMPT_COMMAND=__set_bash_prompt
+}
+
+# Come back to the old prompt
+prompt_off()
+{
+    PS1=$LP_OLD_PROMPT
+    PROMPT_COMMAND=""
+}
+
+# By default, sourcing liquidprompt.bash will activate the liquid prompt
+prompt_on
 
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=120 :