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How to add git branch name to shell prompt in Ubuntu

Sony AK on January 11, 2020

When I work in a git repository directory that has many branches, I want to know which branch I am currently in on my shell prompt. Below is the sa...
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Bruno Kern •

I want to add a * if there are not staged file changes and a + if there are staged file changes. I used to have that on my old computer and want to do on my new one. Do you have any idea on how I can do it?

Thanks!

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edgarVazquez43 • • Edited

Maybe it help you, add these lines to .bashrc :

# Colors definition
BLUE='\e[94m'
L_BLUE='\e[96m'
YELLOW='\e[93m'
GREEN='\e[32m'
L_GREEN='\e[92m'
RED='\e[31m'
L_RED='\e[91m'
NC='\e[0m'

export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true        # show * for changes
export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true    # show % for new files
export PS1="$GREEN\u$YELLOW@$L_GREEN\h$YELLOW: $BLUE\W $L_RED\$(__git_ps1)$NC $ "
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otreblanc •

Thanks

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Ameer Hamza •

Awesome article. One gotcha though, If I make a new branch from the terminal it doesn't immediately reflect the changes. I have to open a new terminal or run source ~/.bashrc again

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Sony AK •

Thanks for the comment, yes yes you are right. I update also the article.

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Zarni •

Awesome!

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Sony AK •

Thank you!

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Danble •

Thanks, man! :)

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Raquel Santos | RS-coding •

I am adding at the end of the file the git branch function. and how do I get out of the file ~/.bashrc, to continue the tutorial and write the next code on shell prompt?

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Zarni •

How to change color for git branch name??? Please! defalut color is white, i wanna change color.

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Sony AK •

I think on the article already explained :)

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Chien •

It works for me. Thank you!
How to change branch name to other color? (for example: red,purple)

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Sony AK •

Hi Chien, thanks for reading my article, for changing to other color please refer to color code, for example in this link misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors... or this shellhacks.com/bash-colors/

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DylanGrums •

Awesome ! Thank you for this nice article !