see git/mercurial branch on command prompt

bashrc

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

function parse_hg_branch_and_add_brackets {
  hg branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e 's/\(.*\)/\[\1\]\ /'
}


PS1="$XTERM_TITLE$USER_COLOR\u\[\e[36;1m\]@\[\e[31;1m\]\h:\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\]\n\[\033[0;32m\]$(parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets)$(parse_hg_branch_and_add_brackets)\[\e[36;1m\]$DOLLAR$BGJOBS \[\e[m\]"