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Created December 7, 2012 19:40
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Show git branch in terminal (macOSX) of current directory
Add this to .profile (if not exist, create it):
# This shows the git branch of the current directory
function parse_git_branch () {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
NO_COLOUR="\[\033[0m\]"
PS1="$GREEN\u@machine$NO_COLOUR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOUR\$ "
Make sure .profile is loaded (sourced) from .bash_profile:
source ~/.profile
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