Dreamhost + git bashrc

.bash_profile

# ~/.bash_profile: executed by bash(1) for login shells.

source .bashrc

.bashrc

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
# ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
HISTIGNORE=ls:fg
# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=10000
HISTFILESIZE=20000

# Colors!
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias lA='ls -A --color=auto'

export EDITOR=nano

# advanced tab completion
if [ "$PS1" -a -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

PS1='[\A] \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\$ '
GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1