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Show branch in terminal Ubuntu
# Add in ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile
function parse_git_branch () {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
}
RED="\[\033[01;31m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[01;33m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[01;32m\]"
BLUE="\[\033[01;34m\]"
NO_COLOR="\[\033[00m\]"
# without host
PS1="$GREEN\u$NO_COLOR:$BLUE\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOR\$ "
# with host
# PS1="$GREEN\u@\h$NO_COLOR:$BLUE\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOR\$ "
@islahh
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islahh commented May 24, 2022

Awesomeee

@VirajInsharp
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Thanks a lot!. Worked on Pop os 22.04

@kaareloun
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🙏

@alete89
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alete89 commented Oct 5, 2022

Please don't ever remove this. I have it starred and I use it everytime I use a new system 😅

@ozehken
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ozehken commented Oct 8, 2022

I tried every solution in the internet (including this) but it never worked for me. Still I can not see the branch

@nezahualcoyotl
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nice!

@vitaliisili
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nice

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scyzemic commented Jun 5, 2023

💯

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lia2790 commented Jun 26, 2023

thanks! works with ubuntu 22.04

@gilbertouk
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thanks, works with Ubuntu WSL

@devfreitag
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Thanks!

@MaKTaiL
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MaKTaiL commented Sep 20, 2023

This is not working for me.

@neerajbg
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neerajbg commented Dec 1, 2023

Thanks. Worked for me on fedora 39

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enheit commented Dec 29, 2023

Thanks!

@hoshang8282
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thank you :-)

@tiagocriar
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thanks

@amjarmed
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thanks

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psk001 commented Feb 19, 2024

doesnt work on ubuntu 22 , just displays
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@fcuantico
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I am using Ubuntu 22.04.3 and this video was helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBVub5BbxdI
I did the following changes:
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Screenshot from 2024-02-20 18-56-02

The commented lines where the original values.

Hope this helps!

@EdgarPozas
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Thanks!

@marwan2
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marwan2 commented Oct 28, 2024

@psk001 this worked for me on ubuntu 22.04
Add at the end of .bashrc file:

parse_git_branch() {
     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\u@\h \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "

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