Git branch highlighting in prompt (add this to your .bash_profile in your user directory)

gistfile1.txt

GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
WHITE="\[\033[0;37m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"

function parse_git_dirty() {
  [[ $(git status 2> /dev/null | tail -n1) != "nothing to commit (working directory clean)" ]] && echo "*"
}

function parse_git_branch() {
  git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e "s/* \(.*\)/ (\1)$(parse_git_dirty)/"
}

PS1="$GREEN\h $WHITE\W$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$WHITE: "