Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (MacOS zsh)

terminal-prompt-git-branch-zsh.md

Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (zsh)

Updated for MacOS with zsh

• Catalina
• Big Sur
• Monterey
• Ventura
• Sonoma

Install

Open ~/.zshrc in your favorite editor and add the following content to the bottom.

function parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/[\1]/p'
}

COLOR_DEF=$'%f'
COLOR_USR=$'%F{243}'
COLOR_DIR=$'%F{197}'
COLOR_GIT=$'%F{39}'
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
export PROMPT='${COLOR_USR}%n ${COLOR_DIR}%~ ${COLOR_GIT}$(parse_git_branch)${COLOR_DEF} $ '

Reload and apply adjustments

To reload and apply adjustments to the formatting use source ~/.zshrc in the zsh shell.

Credits

• Thank you benP2ER for the useful additions in his comment
• Original gist by Jose Quintana: Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (Linux/Mac)

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This is exactly what I was looking for... thank you!

Simple and exactly what I was looking for... thanks!! 💯

but it adds unneccesary space when I opening the non git folder, could we do something about that?

the syntax to get the branch also could be simpler we could do this now

git branch --show-current