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Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (MacOS zsh)

Add Git Branch Name to Terminal Prompt (zsh)

Updated for MacOS with zsh

  • Catalina
  • Big Sur
  • Monterey
  • Ventura
  • Sonoma

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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

@Ramizdo
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Ramizdo commented Oct 6, 2023

Funciona, gracias..

@vnguyen13
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Works wonderfully. Thank you!!

@devih-21
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helpful, thanks bro

@vasu2912
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Looks Clean !!!

@csarrvas
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Thanks!! 👍

@pychap
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pychap commented Dec 21, 2023

Thank you!

@z-coder-hub
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Thank you!

@emcfarlane
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Thank you!

@gideonokyere
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Thanks

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

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

@laptopmutia
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laptopmutia commented Mar 26, 2024

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

@luisf-av1
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It works great, thanks!

@jftuga
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jftuga commented Jun 14, 2024

I have a two line prompt:

  • line 1: current directory [git branch]
  • line 2: HH:MM:SS $
function parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -n -e 's/^\* \(.*\)/[\1]/p'
}
COLOR_DEF=$'%f'
COLOR_DATE=$'%F{243}'
COLOR_DIR=$'%F{197}'
COLOR_GIT=$'%F{39}'
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT_CWD='${COLOR_DIR}%~ ${COLOR_GIT}$(parse_git_branch)${COLOR_DEF}'
export NEWLINE=$'\n'
export PROMPT="${NEWLINE}${PROMPT_CWD}${NEWLINE}${COLOR_DATE}%D{%H:%M:%S}${COLOR_DEF} $ "

I don't need USER, so I changed COLOR_USER to COLOR_DATE.

Here is what it looks like, with the directory name in red, the branch in blue, and the date in faded gray:

~/go/src/github.com/jftuga/dtdiff [dev]
17:35:28 $ 

What I like about having the time:

  • If I meant to time something, but forgot to, I have a built-in timer of sorts
  • I can easily scroll back to see how long ago I ran a command

@butachi
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butachi commented Jul 16, 2024

thanks!

@NidorPL
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NidorPL commented Aug 21, 2024

Amazing, thanks !

@Anti-Reverb
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Thank you.

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