put in bash .profile to see git branch name as part of PS1 prompt

profile.sh

# write a function to compute the current git branch
parse_git_branch() {
 git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}  #  why is the ending with the > and the extra space not working??


# set the PS1 variable
PS1="$PS1\[\e[0;33;34m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\e[0;0m\]"


#local        BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
#local         RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
#local   LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
#local       GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
#local LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
#local       WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
#local     RESTORE="\[\033[0;0m\]"