Make the command line better!!!

better-cli-prompt.md

This is the prompt I am currently using. (Add to ~/.bashrc file.)

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# BEAUTIFY THE COMMAND PROMPT WITH GIT
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# get current branch in git repo
function parse_git_branch() {
 BRANCH=`git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\1/'`
 if [ ! "${BRANCH}" == "" ]
 then
   STAT=`parse_git_dirty`
   echo "[${BRANCH}${STAT}]"
 else
   echo ""
 fi
}
# get current status of git repo
function parse_git_dirty {
 status=`git status 2>&1 | tee`
 dirty=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "modified:" &> /dev/null; echo "$?"`
 untracked=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "Untracked files" &> /dev/null; echo "$?"`
 ahead=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "Your branch is ahead of" &> /dev/null; echo "$?
"`
 newfile=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "new file:" &> /dev/null; echo "$?"`
 renamed=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "renamed:" &> /dev/null; echo "$?"`
 deleted=`echo -n "${status}" 2> /dev/null | grep "deleted:" &> /dev/null; echo "$?"`
 bits=''
 if [ "${renamed}" == "0" ]; then
   bits=">${bits}"
 fi
 if [ "${ahead}" == "0" ]; then
   bits="*${bits}"
 fi
 if [ "${newfile}" == "0" ]; then
   bits="+${bits}"
 fi
 if [ "${untracked}" == "0" ]; then
   bits="?${bits}"
 fi
 if [ "${deleted}" == "0" ]; then
   bits="x${bits}"
 fi
 if [ "${dirty}" == "0" ]; then
   bits="!${bits}"
 fi
 if [ ! "${bits}" == "" ]; then
   echo " ${bits}"
 else
   echo ""
 fi
}

BWHITE='\[\033[01;37m\]'
BGREEN='\[\033[01;32m\]'
GREEN='\[\033[00;32m\]'
TEAL='\[\033[01;36m\]'
RED='\[\033[01;31m\]'
YELLOW='\[\033[01;33m\]'
ENDCOL='\[\e[m\]'
export PS1="${BWHITE}•${BGREEN}\D{%Y.%m.%d} \t${BWHITE}• ${TEAL}\u${RED}@${GREEN}\h${BWHITE}:${YELLOW}\w${GREEN}\`parse_git_branch\`${BWHITE}$ ${ENDCOL}"
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad

Changed to this because of the wrapping issue (must use [ non-readable char } around...)

# removed the git repo code beacuse it was causing wrapping problem with long commands. See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/24358/how-do-i-get-long-command-lines-to-wrap-to-the-next-line
BWHITE='\[\033[01;37m\]'
BGREEN='\[\033[01;32m\]'
GREEN='\[\033[00;32m\]'
TEAL='\[\033[01;36m\]'
RED='\[\033[01;31m\]'
YELLOW='\[\033[01;33m\]'
ENDCOL='\[\e[m\]'
#export PS1="${BWHITE}[${BGREEN}\D{%Y.%m.%d} \t${BWHITE}] ${TEAL}\u${RED}@${GREEN}\h${BWHITE}:${YELLOW}\w\[\033[m\]\[\e[32m\]\`parse_git_branch\`${BWHITE}$ ${ENDCOL}"
export PS1="\[${BWHITE}\]•\[${BGREEN}\D{%Y.%m.%d}\] \[\t${BWHITE}\]• \[${TEAL}\u${RED}\]@\[${GREEN}\h${BWHITE}\]:\[${YELLOW}\w${BWHITE}$ ${ENDCOL}"
export CLICOLOR=1
export LSCOLORS=ExFxBxDxCxegedabagacad