gmacario · January 15, 2018 13:10 · Feb 29, 2016
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+To show your active Git branch in your command prompt, you will need to do the following:
+
+- If you are on a **Mac**, you can add the code shown below to your `.bash_profile` file.
+- If you are on **Linux**, you will add the code shown below to your `.bashrc` file. 
+- If you are on **Windows**, you probably aren't reading this because Windows provides this behavior by default.
+
+### The Script
+
+```shell
+parse_git_branch() {
+  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
+}
+export PS1="\w\[\033[36m\]\$(parse_git_branch) \[\033[00m\] > "
+```
+
+Or, another option:
+
+```shell
+function parse_git_branch () {
+  git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
+}
+
+RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
+YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
+GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
+NO_COLOR="\[\033[0m\]"
+
+PS1="$GREEN\u@\h$NO_COLOR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOR\$ "
+```