Adding your Git branch to your command prompt

show-branch.md

To show your active Git branch in your command prompt, you will need to do the following:

• If you are on a Mac, you can add the code shown below to your .bash_profile file.
• If you are on Linux, you will add the code shown below to your .bashrc file.
• If you are on Windows, you probably aren't reading this because Windows provides this behavior by default.

The Script

parse_git_branch() {
  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\w\[\033[36m\]\$(parse_git_branch) \[\033[00m\] > "

Or, another option:

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_COLOR="\[\033[0m\]"
 
PS1="$GREEN\u@\h$NO_COLOR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOR\$ "