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My PS1 bash setup
#!/bin/bash
#
# PS1 magic
#
# Mostly copied from YUVAL KOGMAN version, added my own __git_ps1 stuff
# Original: http://gist.github.com/621452
#
# See video demo of this at http://vimeo.com/15789794
#
# To enable save as .bash_prompt in $HOME and add to .bashrc:
#
# . ~/.bash_prompt
#
# Pedro Melo, <melo@simplicidade.org>
_update_prompt () {
## Save $? early, we'll need it later
local exit="$?"
## define some colors
local red="31";
local green="32";
local yellow="33";
local purple="35";
local cyan="36";
local white="37";
local pre="\[\e[";
local suf="\]";
local e_green="${pre}0;${green}m$suf";
local e_purple="${pre}0;${purple}m$suf";
local e_cyan="${pre}0;${cyan}m$suf";
local e_white="${pre}0;${white}m$suf";
local e_bred="$pre$red;1m$suf";
local e_byellow="$pre$yellow;1m$suf";
local e_normal="\[\e[0;0m\]"
## Initial prompt
_prompt="[$e_white\h$e_normal:$e_cyan\w$e_normal]";
## Color based on exit code
local bul="\342\200\242" # bullet character
case "$exit" in
"0" ) ex="$e_green$bul$e_normal " ;;
* ) ex="$e_bred$bul$e_normal " ;;
esac
## Color current user
local u;
local p;
if [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then
u="$e_bred\u$e_normal";
p="$e_bred#$e_normal";
else
u="$e_purple\u$e_normal";
p="\$";
fi
## Color git status if any
branch=`__git_ps1 " (%s)"`
if [ -n "$branch" ] ; then
local is_big_repo=`git config bash.big-repo`
if [ -z "$is_big_repo" ] ; then
## Assumes that untracked files are always listed after modified ones
## True for all git versions I could find
git status --porcelain | perl -ne 'exit(1) if /^ /; exit(2) if /^[?]/'
case "$?" in
"0" ) branch="$e_green$branch$e_normal" ;;
"1" ) branch="$e_bred$branch$e_normal" ;;
"2" ) branch="$e_byellow$branch$e_normal" ;;
"130") git config bash.big-repo 1 ;;
esac
fi
fi
export PS1="$ex$_prompt $u$branch $p ";
}
if [ -n "$PS1" ] ; then
PROMPT_COMMAND='_update_prompt'
export PROMPT_COMMAND
fi
# helper commands to explicitly change the setting:
dumb_prompt () {
git config bash.big-repo 1
}
smart_prompt () {
git config --unset bash.big-repo
}
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FWIW, I have no idea who I cargo culted the coloring stuff from, I don't actually deserve much credit for this though, it's probably a conglomeration of crap I found on the internet in 2002 or so when I wrote it

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melo commented Oct 13, 2010

I don't care, I blame you anyway :)

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