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Bash Prompt with Git Status Info
#!/bin/bash
#
# DESCRIPTION:
#
# Set the bash prompt according to:
# * the active virtualenv
# * the branch/status of the current git repository
# * the return value of the previous command
# * the fact you just came from Windows and are used to having newlines in
# your prompts.
#
# USAGE:
#
# 1. Save this file as ~/.bash_prompt
# 2. Add the following line to the end of your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile:
# . ~/.bash_prompt
#
# LINEAGE:
#
# Based on work by woods
#
# https://gist.github.com/31967
# The various escape codes that we can use to color our prompt.
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
BLUE="\[\033[1;34m\]"
LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
PURPLE="\[\033[0;35m\]"
COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"
# Detect whether the current directory is a git repository.
function is_git_repository {
git branch > /dev/null 2>&1
}
# Determine the branch/state information for this git repository.
function set_git_branch {
# Capture the output of the "git status" command.
git_status="$(git status 2> /dev/null)"
# Set color based on clean/staged/dirty.
if [[ ${git_status} =~ "working directory clean" ]]; then
state="${GREEN}"
elif [[ ${git_status} =~ "Changes to be committed" ]]; then
state="${YELLOW}"
else
state="${RED}"
fi
# Set arrow icon based on status against remote.
remote_pattern="Your branch is (.*) of"
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${remote_pattern} ]]; then
if [[ ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} == "ahead" ]]; then
remote="↑"
else
remote="↓"
fi
else
remote=""
fi
diverge_pattern="Your branch and (.*) have diverged"
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${diverge_pattern} ]]; then
remote="↕"
fi
# Get the name of the branch.
branch_pattern="^(# )?On branch ([^${IFS}]*)"
if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${branch_pattern} ]]; then
branch=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
fi
# Set the final branch string.
BRANCH="${state}(${branch})${remote}${COLOR_NONE} "
}
# Return the prompt symbol to use, colorized based on the return value of the
# previous command.
function set_prompt_symbol () {
if test $1 -eq 0 ; then
PROMPT_SYMBOL="\$"
else
PROMPT_SYMBOL="${LIGHT_RED}\$${COLOR_NONE}"
fi
}
# Set the full bash prompt.
function set_bash_prompt () {
# Set the PROMPT_SYMBOL variable. We do this first so we don't lose the
# return value of the last command.
set_prompt_symbol $?
# Set the BRANCH variable.
if is_git_repository ; then
set_git_branch
else
BRANCH=''
fi
# Set the bash prompt variable.
PS1="
${BLUE}\w${COLOR_NONE} ${BRANCH}
${PROMPT_SYMBOL} "
}
# Tell bash to execute this function just before displaying its prompt.
PROMPT_COMMAND=set_bash_prompt
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SumitDasSAPBasis commented Sep 23, 2024

Simplest git status:
export PS1='\u@\h \[\e[32m\]\w \[\e[91m\]$(__git_ps1)\[\e[00m\]$

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