Bash prompt with git branch the simple way

08 May 2014

Stephen is well aware most of us already know about this (or use oh-my-zsh with already prepared themes). Here is what he puts in his .bash_profile

Show git branch name at you terminal

# get current branch
function git_branch {
    ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return;
    echo "("${ref#refs/heads/}") ";
}
PS1="[\[\033[1;32m\]\w\[\033[0m] \[\033[0m\]\[\033[1;36m\]\$(git_branch)\[\033[0m\]$ “