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# Git Aware Prompt
Working with Git and its great branching/merging features is
amazing. Constantly switching branches can be confusing though as you have to
run `git status` to see which branch you're currently on.
The solution to this is to have your terminal prompt display the current
branch. There's a [number][1] [of][2] [articles][3] [available][4] online
about how to achieve this. This project is an attempt to make an easy to
install/configure solution.
[1]: http://aaroncrane.co.uk/2009/03/git_branch_prompt/
[2]: http://railstips.org/2009/2/2/bedazzle-your-bash-prompt-with-git-info
[3]: http://techblog.floorplanner.com/2008/12/14/working-with-git-branches/
[4]: http://www.intridea.com/2009/2/2/git-status-in-your-prompt
## Overview
If you `cd` to a Git working directory, you will see the current Git branch
name displayed in your terminal prompt. When you're not in a Git working
directory, your prompt works like normal.
![Git Branch in Prompt](https://raw.github.com/jimeh/git-aware-prompt/master/preview.png)
## Installation
Clone the project to a `.bash` folder in your home directory:
```bash
mkdir ~/.bash
cd ~/.bash
git clone git://github.com/jimeh/git-aware-prompt.git
```
Edit your `~/.bash_profile` or `~/.profile` and add the following to the top:
```bash
export GITAWAREPROMPT=~/.bash/git-aware-prompt
source $GITAWAREPROMPT/main.sh
```
## Configuring
Once installed, there will be new `$git_branch` and `$git_dirty` variables
available to use in the `PS1` environment variable, along with a number of
color helper variables which you can see a list of in [colors.sh][].
[colors.sh]: https://github.com/jimeh/git-aware-prompt/blob/master/colors.sh
If you want to know more about how to customize your prompt, I recommend
this article: [How to: Change / Setup bash custom prompt (PS1)][how-to]
[how-to]: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html
### Suggested Prompts
Below are a few suggested prompt configurations. Simply paste the code at the
end of the same file you pasted the installation code into earlier.
#### Mac OS X
```bash
export PS1="\u@\h \w \[$txtcyn\]\$git_branch\[$txtred\]\$git_dirty\[$txtrst\]\$ "
```
Optionally, if you want a nice pretty prompt when using `sudo -s`, also add
this line:
```bash
export SUDO_PS1="\[$bakred\]\u@\h\[$txtrst\] \w\$ "
```
#### Ubuntu
Standard:
```bash
export PS1="\${debian_chroot:+(\$debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w \[$txtcyn\]\$git_branch\[$txtred\]\$git_dirty\[$txtrst\]\$ "
```
Colorized:
```bash
export PS1="\${debian_chroot:+(\$debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\] \[$txtcyn\]\$git_branch\[$txtred\]\$git_dirty\[$txtrst\]\$ "
```
## Updating
Assuming you followed the default installation instructions and cloned this
repo to `~/.bash/git-aware-prompt`:
```bash
cd ~/.bash/git-aware-prompt
git pull
```
## Usage Tips
To view other user's tips, please check the
[Usage Tips](https://github.com/jimeh/git-aware-prompt/wiki/Usage-Tips) wiki
page. Or if you have tips of your own, feel free to add them :)
## License
(MIT-like license, without the requirement to keep copyright notice in
reproductions)
Copyright (c) 2014 Jim Myhrberg
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.