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To show proper git branch name when present in the console.
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git_branch_name_bash_profile
#--------To show proper git branch name when present in the console.
#--------Add this to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_rc
#--------This will start showing branch names in the terminal like
#--------puneetar folder_name (branch_name) $
#--------
parse_git_branch() {
   #  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
git branch 2> /dev/null | grep '*' | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\u@\h \[\033[32m\]\W\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "
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