Public bug reported:

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using: Ubuntu 17.10

2) The version of the package you are using: 3.24.2-0ubuntu4

3) What you expected to happen: The input prompt should behave the same,
no matter what the working directory is.

4) What happened instead: The cursor starts overlapping the working
directory text (see attached screenshot, which shows a 80×24 terminal
window in a directory called
“/home/test/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/a/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789/01234567890123456789”).

On text input, the inputted text overwrites the working directory text.
When pressing backspace, the entire second line is deleted (including
the $ character). This makes using the history (up arrow) very confusing
because afterwards, the actual input line characters do not seem to
correspond to the displayed text anymore, i.e. characters inserted at a
certain point are actually shifted in the resulting line, making it very
difficult to properly type in commands.

** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "Screenshot illustrating the issue"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745271/+attachment/5042542/+files/screenshot.png

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Title:
  Input prompt behaves incorrectly if working directory path spans two
  lines

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