.ansicolour.sh

C_RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
C_GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
C_LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
C_RESET="\[\033[0m\]"

C_BROWN="\[\033[0;33m\]"
C_BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
C_PURPLE="\[\033[0;35m\]"
C_CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
C_GRAY="\[\033[1;30m\]"
C_WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
C_YELLOW="\[\033[1;33m\]"

C_LIGHT_BLUE="\[\033[1;34m\]"
C_LIGHT_CYAN="\[\033[1;36m\]"
C_LIGHT_PURPLE="\[\033[1;35m\]"
C_LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1; 31m\]"
C_LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"

.bashrc

source ~/.ansicolour.sh

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, overwrite the one in /etc/profile)
function parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets {
  git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\ (\1)/'
}

# User specific aliases and functions
PS1="$C_CYAN[$C_LIGHT_GRAY\$?$C_CYAN][$C_LIGHT_GRAY\u@\h:\W$C_CYAN]$C_YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets) $C_CYAN\$ $C_RESET"

alias g='git'