vcpromt for one's bashes

bash-prompt-config

# Colors from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt
# misc
NO_COLOR='\e[0m' #disable any colors
# regular colors
BLACK='\e[0;30m'
RED='\e[0;31m'
GREEN='\e[0;32m'
YELLOW='\e[0;33m'
BLUE='\e[0;34m'
MAGENTA='\e[0;35m'
CYAN='\e[0;36m'
WHITE='\e[0;37m'
# emphasized (bolded) colors
EBLACK='\e[1;30m'
ERED='\e[1;31m'
EGREEN='\e[1;32m'
EYELLOW='\e[1;33m'
EBLUE='\e[1;34m'
EMAGENTA='\e[1;35m'
ECYAN='\e[1;36m'
EWHITE='\e[1;37m'
# underlined colors
UBLACK='\e[4;30m'
URED='\e[4;31m'
UGREEN='\e[4;32m'
UYELLOW='\e[4;33m'
UBLUE='\e[4;34m'
UMAGENTA='\e[4;35m'
UCYAN='\e[4;36m'
UWHITE='\e[4;37m'
# background colors
BBLACK='\e[40m'
BRED='\e[41m'
BGREEN='\e[42m'
BYELLOW='\e[43m'
BBLUE='\e[44m'
BMAGENTA='\e[45m'
BCYAN='\e[46m'
BWHITE='\e[47m'

# Update the command prompt to be <user>:<current_directory>(git_branch) >
# Note that the git branch is given a special color
#PS1="\n\u@\h:\w \[$EBLACK\]\$(vcprompt)\[$NO_COLOR\] \n→ "
if [ -f "$HOME/bin/vcprompt-${OSTYPE}" ]; then
	PS1="\[$CYAN\]\u@\h: \[$EBLUE\]\w\[$YELLOW\] \$(vcprompt-${OSTYPE})\[$NO_COLOR\] \n→ "
else
	PS1="\[$CYAN\]\u@\h: \[$EBLUE\]\w\[$YELLOW\] \[$NO_COLOR\]\n→ "
fi

vcprompt-install.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Download, compile, and copy the vcprompt command to ~/bin.
#
# AUTHOR: Geoffrey Grosenbach
#         July 27 2009

mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
hg clone http://vc.gerg.ca/hg/vcprompt/
cd vcprompt
make
cp vcprompt ~/bin/vcprompt-${OSTYPE}

Howto

source bash-prompt-config
run vcprompt-install.sh