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Created June 26, 2012 19:39
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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\$ "
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In Terminal, navigate to your Users directory, e.g. /Users/Drew/

Open .bash_profile in a text editor of your choice and paste this in the file. Save and exit.

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Thank you!
Line 10 should be changed to:
PS1="$GREEN\u@\h$NO_COLOUR:\w$YELLOW$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOUR$ "

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