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Show git branch in bash prompt
# get git branch info using old bash function
# the zsh way to do this is vsc_info
function parse_git_branch {
git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
# add git branch version to prompt
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT='%n@%m %1~$(parse_git_branch) %# '
function parse_git_branch {
git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
export PS1='\h:\W \u$(parse_git_branch)\$ '
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