# add to ~/.bashrc parse_git_branch() { git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/' } export PS1="\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[01;36m\] \w\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "