How can I configure the terminal to display the current git branch?
I'd like to see the second line rather than the first:
andy@bob:~/my_projects/project_x$
(master)~/my_projects/project_x$
I don't want to have to run git status to see which branch I am currently on anymore!
You can add the following code to you .bashrc file:
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* (.*)/(1)/'
}
PS1="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}u@h:w$(parse_git_branch) $ "
You can move around these component parts to configure to your tastes, for example to prepend $(parse_git_branch) and not show the user@computer part I used:
PS1="$(parse_git_branch)${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}w$ "
Which displays:
(master)~/my_projects/project_x$
See also: What is this PS1 variable doing in .bash_profile file?
