How do I show the git branch with colours in Bash prompt?
This snippet:
# Add git branch if its present to PS1
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ '
fi
Is meant to replace the default prompt definition:
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
Which ends with:
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
The .bashrc
you posted shows you're adding it after the default prompt definition and unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
(line #64).
Either replace the default prompt definition with the snippet or leave your ~/.bashrc
as it is and comment the default prompt definition along with unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
on line #64:
So part of your .bashrc could look like
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\] $(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ '
fi
# THE SIX LINES BELOW are the default prompt and the unset (which were in the original .bashrc)
#if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
# PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
#else
# PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
#fi
#unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
Ubuntu: Show your branch name on your terminal
Add these lines in your ~/.bashrc file
# Show git branch name
force_color_prompt=yes
color_prompt=yes
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt
Reload the .bashrc file with this command:
$ source ~/.bashrc
For now, I followed this https://gist.github.com/eliotsykes/47516b877f5a4f7cd52f and working, liking it so far, though I'm planning to customize it further.
In Terminal
mkdir ~/.bash
Copy the raw
git-prompt.sh
file from git contrib in to the~/.bash
directory: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.shInside
~/.bashrc
or~/.bash_profile
(choose the file where you normally put any bash customizations/setup), add the lines:source ~/.bash/git-prompt.sh # Show git branch name at command prompt export GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS=true # Option for git-prompt.sh to show branch name in color # Terminal Prompt: # Include git branch, use PROMPT_COMMAND (not PS1) to get color output (see git-prompt.sh for more) export PROMPT_COMMAND='__git_ps1 "\w" "\n\\\$ "' # Git branch (relies on git-prompt.sh)
As long as you're inside a git repo, your Bash prompt should now show the current git branch in color signifying if its got uncommitted changes.