Adding git branch on the Bash command prompt

Question

I tried adding the git branch I\'m currently working on (checked-out) on the bash prompt without success.. (while keeping my current path which shows the active dir

Answer 1

For mac, this works really well: http://martinfitzpatrick.name/article/add-git-branch-name-to-terminal-prompt-mac/:

# Git branch in prompt.
parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}

export PS1="\u@\h \W\[\033[32m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "