{"id":1019,"date":"2016-08-08T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T12:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fir3netwp.gmsrrpobkbd.com\/2016\/08\/08\/how-to-display-your-local-git-branch-in-your-bash-prompt\/"},"modified":"2021-07-24T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T15:14:41","slug":"how-to-display-your-local-git-branch-in-your-bash-prompt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/UNIX\/Linux\/how-to-display-your-local-git-branch-in-your-bash-prompt.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Display your Local Git Branch in your BASH prompt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to make your life easier when working with git, this article provides the steps to display the current local git branch within your bash prompt. This not only saves you time, but also prevents the potential for human error by ensuring you are not making changes to the wrong branch.<\/p>\n<h2>Download Script<\/h2>\n<p>First all we download the git prompt script.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\">curl https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/git\/git\/master\/contrib\/completion\/git-prompt.sh -o ~\/.git-prompt.sh<\/pre>\n<h2>Update .Bashrc<\/h2>\n<p>We then add the following lines to <span class=\"codeinline\">~\/.bashrc<\/span>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint\"># import script<br \/>source ~\/.git-prompt.sh<br \/><br \/># customize\/colorize prompt<br \/>export PS1=\"\\e[37m\\t\\e[37m-\\e[97m\\u\\e[92m\\e[92m\\w\\[\\033[m\\]\\e[96m\\$(__git_ps1)\\e[97m\\$ \"<\/pre>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1.avif 686w,https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1-300x62.avif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" type=\"image\/avif\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1.webp 686w,https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1-300x62.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1.png\" height=\"142\" width=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1.png 686w, https:\/\/www.fir3net.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/images_articles_git-bash-example1-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1018 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"git-bash-example1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to make your life easier when working with git, this article provides the steps to display the current local git branch within your bash prompt. 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