Add colors and git to prompt.

gistfile1.sh

export TERM="xterm-color"
alias ls="ls -G"

export EDITOR=mate

function parse_git_dirty {
  [[ $(git status 2> /dev/null | tail -n1) != "nothing to commit (working directory clean)" ]] && echo "*"
}
function parse_git_branch {
  git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e "s/* \(.*\)/[\1$(parse_git_dirty)]/"
}

export PS1='\u:\w\[\033[0;36m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\e[0m\]$ '

gistfile2.sh

# You have to add this to your .profile

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi