Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@tonvanbart
Created April 1, 2015 08:03
Show Gist options
  • Save tonvanbart/acd496ea90f3dc485e66 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save tonvanbart/acd496ea90f3dc485e66 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Slightly modified version of a .bash_aliases file found online. This will set your prompt to user@host:working-dir, when you're in a Git repo the name of the branch is added at the end, colored to indicate if the branch is clean. All credits to the original author, I just tweaked it a little.
# Customize BASH PS1 prompt to show current GIT repository and branch.
# by Mike Stewart - http://MediaDoneRight.com
# SETUP CONSTANTS
# Bunch-o-predefined colors. Makes reading code easier than escape sequences.
# I don't remember where I found this. o_O
# Reset
Color_Off="\[\033[0m\]" # Text Reset
# Regular Colors
Black="\[\033[0;30m\]" # Black
Red="\[\033[0;31m\]" # Red
Green="\[\033[0;32m\]" # Green
Yellow="\[\033[0;33m\]" # Yellow
Blue="\[\033[0;34m\]" # Blue
Purple="\[\033[0;35m\]" # Purple
Cyan="\[\033[0;36m\]" # Cyan
White="\[\033[0;37m\]" # White
# Bold
BBlack="\[\033[1;30m\]" # Black
BRed="\[\033[1;31m\]" # Red
BGreen="\[\033[1;32m\]" # Green
BYellow="\[\033[1;33m\]" # Yellow
BBlue="\[\033[1;34m\]" # Blue
BPurple="\[\033[1;35m\]" # Purple
BCyan="\[\033[1;36m\]" # Cyan
BWhite="\[\033[1;37m\]" # White
# Underline
UBlack="\[\033[4;30m\]" # Black
URed="\[\033[4;31m\]" # Red
UGreen="\[\033[4;32m\]" # Green
UYellow="\[\033[4;33m\]" # Yellow
UBlue="\[\033[4;34m\]" # Blue
UPurple="\[\033[4;35m\]" # Purple
UCyan="\[\033[4;36m\]" # Cyan
UWhite="\[\033[4;37m\]" # White
# Background
On_Black="\[\033[40m\]" # Black
On_Red="\[\033[41m\]" # Red
On_Green="\[\033[42m\]" # Green
On_Yellow="\[\033[43m\]" # Yellow
On_Blue="\[\033[44m\]" # Blue
On_Purple="\[\033[45m\]" # Purple
On_Cyan="\[\033[46m\]" # Cyan
On_White="\[\033[47m\]" # White
# High Intensty
IBlack="\[\033[0;90m\]" # Black
IRed="\[\033[0;91m\]" # Red
IGreen="\[\033[0;92m\]" # Green
IYellow="\[\033[0;93m\]" # Yellow
IBlue="\[\033[0;94m\]" # Blue
IPurple="\[\033[0;95m\]" # Purple
ICyan="\[\033[0;96m\]" # Cyan
IWhite="\[\033[0;97m\]" # White
# Bold High Intensty
BIBlack="\[\033[1;90m\]" # Black
BIRed="\[\033[1;91m\]" # Red
BIGreen="\[\033[1;92m\]" # Green
BIYellow="\[\033[1;93m\]" # Yellow
BIBlue="\[\033[1;94m\]" # Blue
BIPurple="\[\033[1;95m\]" # Purple
BICyan="\[\033[1;96m\]" # Cyan
BIWhite="\[\033[1;97m\]" # White
# High Intensty backgrounds
On_IBlack="\[\033[0;100m\]" # Black
On_IRed="\[\033[0;101m\]" # Red
On_IGreen="\[\033[0;102m\]" # Green
On_IYellow="\[\033[0;103m\]" # Yellow
On_IBlue="\[\033[0;104m\]" # Blue
On_IPurple="\[\033[10;95m\]" # Purple
On_ICyan="\[\033[0;106m\]" # Cyan
On_IWhite="\[\033[0;107m\]" # White
# Various variables you might want for your PS1 prompt instead
Time12h="\T"
Time12a="\@"
PathShort="\w"
PathFull="\W"
NewLine="\n"
Jobs="\j"
UserHost="\u@\h:"
# This PS1 snippet was adopted from code for MAC/BSD I saw from: http://allancraig.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=108:ps1-export-command-for-git&catid=45:general&Itemid=96
# I tweaked it to work on UBUNTU 11.04 & 11.10 plus made it mo' better
export PS1=$IYellow$UserHost$BYellow$PathShort$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
echo "$(echo `git status` | grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null 2>&1; \
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then \
# @4 - Clean repository - nothing to commit
echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)"); \
else \
# @5 - Changes to working tree
echo "'$IRed'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
fi) '$Color_Off'\$ "; \
else \
# @2 - Prompt when not in GIT repo
echo " \$ "; \
fi)'
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment