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Git Branch Bling
# Tired of typing "git branch"?
# Add this to your ~/.bash_profile to always display your current branch name when inside a git repo
# In shiny red, green and gold
# Nabbed and modifed from http://www.railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/02/02/bedazzle-your-bash-prompt-with-git-info/
function parse_git_branch {
ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return
echo "("${ref#refs/heads/}")"
}
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
PS1="$RED\$(date +%H:%M) \w$YELLOW \$(parse_git_branch)$GREEN\$ "
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