This .gitrc activates when you're in a directory that is a git repo. It tells you the branch you're on, with color handling of the bash prompt according to the branch/status. For example, the prompt would look like this: [~/foo](master) $ with (master) colored GREEN, until you've added a file to the repo, but not committed it, then it will turn …

gitrc

#!/bin/bash
#
# Set your bash prompt according to the branch/status of the current git repository.
#
# One-line install:
# curl https://gist.github.com/philcryer/5066010/raw/784e1e4c9df5289fe6f922fb6d122461d374758c/gitrc -o ~/.gitrc; echo "source ~/.gitrc" >> ~/.profile; source ~/.profile
#
# Originally forked from http://gist.github.com/31934 then modified liberally.
#

        RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
     YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
      GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
       BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
  LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
      WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
 LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
 COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"

function is_git_repository {
  git branch > /dev/null 2>&1
}

function parse_git_branch {
  # Only display git info if we're inside a git repository.
  is_git_repository || return 1
  
  # Capture the output of the "git status" command.
  git_status="$(git status 2> /dev/null)"

  # Set color based on clean/staged/dirty.
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ "working directory clean" ]]; then
    state="${GREEN}"
  elif [[ ${git_status} =~ "Changes to be committed" ]]; then
    state="${YELLOW}"
  else
    state="${RED}"
  fi
  
  # Set arrow icon based on status against remote.
  remote_pattern="# Your branch is (.*) of"
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${remote_pattern} ]]; then
    if [[ ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} == "ahead" ]]; then
      remote="↑"
    else
      remote="↓"
    fi
  fi
  diverge_pattern="# Your branch and (.*) have diverged"
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${diverge_pattern} ]]; then
    remote="↕"
  fi
  
  # Get the name of the branch.
  branch_pattern="^# On branch ([^${IFS}]*)"    
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${branch_pattern} ]]; then
    branch=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
  fi

  # Display the prompt.
  echo "${state}(${branch})${remote}${COLOR_NONE} "
}

function prompt_symbol () {
  # Set color of dollar prompt based on return value of previous command.
  if test $1 -eq 0
  then
      echo "\$"
  else
      echo "${RED}\$${COLOR_NONE}"
  fi
}

function prompt_func () {
  last_return_value=$?
PS1="[\w]$(parse_git_branch)$(prompt_symbol $last_return_value) "

#temp
#PS1="[\w$(parse_git_branch)]$ "
}

PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_func