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Add git branch name to terminal prompt (mac)

Open up your bash profile file with

vim ~/.bash_profile

and at the end of that file, add:

# Git branch in prompt.
parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\[\033[0;37m\]\u\[\033[0m\]:\[\033[1;31m\]\W\[\033[0m\]\[\033[32m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "
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