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*[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizingBashPrompt CustomizingBashPrompt] Ubuntu wiki | *[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CustomizingBashPrompt CustomizingBashPrompt] Ubuntu wiki | ||
*[https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt/blob/master/README.md Git Bash Prompt repo project] Great informative Git prompt | |||
Revision as of 12:05, 2 April 2017
This are steps to set up bash prompt showing git branch. This has been tested in Ubuntu 14 LTS
Edit vi ~/.bashrc
- Uncomment
#force_color_prompt=yes - Find
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; thenstatement - then comment out
#PS1=and add following code in bold
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
PS1="\u@\h \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "
#PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ ' #this is default colour prompt
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
It will similar to
Resources
- CustomizingBashPrompt Ubuntu wiki
- Git Bash Prompt repo project Great informative Git prompt