make git prompt more useful

bashrc.sh

# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files (in the package bash-doc)
# for examples

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return

# don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options
# ... or force ignoredups and ignorespace
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace

# append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histappend

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000

# check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
# update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
shopt -s checkwinsize

# make less more friendly for non-text input files, see lesspipe(1)
[ -x /usr/bin/lesspipe ] && eval "$(SHELL=/bin/sh lesspipe)"

# set variable identifying the chroot you work in (used in the prompt below)
if [ -z "$debian_chroot" ] && [ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]; then
    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
    xterm-color) color_prompt=yes;;
esac

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
force_color_prompt=yes

if [ -n "$force_color_prompt" ]; then
    if [ -x /usr/bin/tput ] && tput setaf 1 >&/dev/null; then
	# We have color support; assume it's compliant with Ecma-48
	# (ISO/IEC-6429). (Lack of such support is extremely rare, and such
	# a case would tend to support setf rather than setaf.)
	color_prompt=yes
    else
	color_prompt=
    fi
fi

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\[\033[01;31m\]\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

# If this is an xterm set the title to user@host:dir
case "$TERM" in
xterm*|rxvt*)
    PS1="\[\e]0;${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h: \w\a\]$PS1"
    ;;
*)
    ;;
esac

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
    test -r ~/.dircolors && eval "$(dircolors -b ~/.dircolors)" || eval "$(dircolors -b)"
    alias ls='ls --color=auto'
    #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
    #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'

    alias grep='grep --color=auto'
    alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
    alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
fi

# some more ls aliases
alias ll='ls -alF'
alias la='ls -A'
alias l='ls -CF'

# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:
#   sleep 10; alert
alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

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

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

export PATH=$PATH:/var/www/frameworks/cakephp/cake/console

        RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
     YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
      GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
       BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
  LIGHT_RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
LIGHT_GREEN="\[\033[1;32m\]"
      WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"
 LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
 COLOR_NONE="\[\e[0m\]"

function parse_git_branch {
  git rev-parse --git-dir &> /dev/null
  git_status="$(git status 2> /dev/null)"
  branch_pattern="^# On branch ([^${IFS}]*)"
  detached_branch_pattern="# Not currently on any branch"
  remote_pattern="# Your branch is (.*) of"
  diverge_pattern="# Your branch and (.*) have diverged"
  if [[ ${git_status}} =~ "Changed but not updated" ]]; then
    state="${RED}⚡"
  fi
  # add an else if or two here if you want to get more specific
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${remote_pattern} ]]; then
    if [[ ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} == "ahead" ]]; then
      remote="${YELLOW}↑"
    else
      remote="${YELLOW}↓"
    fi
  fi
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${diverge_pattern} ]]; then
    remote="${YELLOW}↕"
  fi
  if [[ ${git_status} =~ ${branch_pattern} ]]; then
    branch=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
  elif [[ ${git_status} =~ ${detached_branch_pattern} ]]; then
    branch="${YELLOW}NO BRANCH"
  fi

  if [[ ${#state} -gt "0" || ${#remote} -gt "0" ]]; then
    s=" "
  fi

  echo " ${branch}${s}${remote}${state}"
}

function prompt_func() {
  git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    prompt="${TITLEBAR}${BLUE}[${RED}\w${GREEN}$(parse_git_branch)${BLUE}]${COLOR_NONE} "
    PS1="${prompt}$ "
  else
    PS1=$PSAVE
  fi
}

export PSAVE=$PS1

PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_func