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Created May 24, 2011 14:52
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show branch or tag in bash
parse_git_branch () {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
parse_git_tag () {
git describe --tags 2> /dev/null
}
parse_git_branch_or_tag() {
local OUT="$(parse_git_branch)"
if [ "$OUT" == " ((no branch))" ]; then
OUT="[$(parse_git_tag)]";
fi
echo $OUT
}
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
NO_COLOUR="\[\033[0m\]"
PS1="$GREEN\u$NO_COLOUR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch_or_tag)$NO_COLOUR\$ "
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