fancy git terminal prompt to place in ~/.bashrc

section-in-bashrc

# Helper function for fancy git prompt.
# Place this in ~/.bashrc 
# Then, `source ~/.bashrc` will execute the prompt function w/out having to reboot
# (otherwise, any ~/.bashrc settings take effect with every reboot.
# Lines 7-38 go in ~/.bashrc

function parse_git_branch {
  git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}

# Fancy prompt function
function proml {
  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  LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
  local       BLACK="\[\033[0;30m\]"
  local       RESET="\[\e[0m\]"

  case $TERM in
    xterm*)
    TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;\u@\h:\w\007\]'
    ;;
    *)
    TITLEBAR=""
    ;;
  esac

  PS1="\h$RED:$BLUE\W$RED\$(parse_git_branch)${RESET}$ "
  PS2='> '
  PS4='+ '
}

# Call the fancy prompt function
proml