How to add git branch name to the command line

How many times you run the git branch command to find out which branch you in?

Following will help you to overcome above hassle and have a quick glance at your branch name.

1. Open /home/<USER>/.bashrc file.
2. Add following to the bashrc, save and exit.

parse_git_branch() {

 git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'

}

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then

 PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ '

else

 PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ '

fi

unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

3. Open a new terminal window and browse your git repo :)