/* there’s no place like code */

Originally posted at saji-codes tumblr.

Update: Available as module in PS1 modules.

Another nice addition to PS1.

When working on git repositories, it’s great to know what branch you are currently at:

PS1_git_branch() {
    remote="$( git remote -v | head -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d\  -f1)"
    test "$remote" == "some remote you want to ignore" && return
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1) /'
} 
PS1="\$(PS1_git_branch)$PS1"

I have a git repository in my home directory, so that I can easily sync some config files between all my computers, so I am ignoring that remote. I wanted to ignore git repositories that have root in my home directory, but I did not find any fast way to determine that. Am I missing something?..

Another idea is to display branch, only when it’s not “master”:

PS1_git_branch() {
    remote="$( git remote -v | head -n1 | cut -f2 | cut -d\  -f1)"
    test "$remote" == "some remote you want to ignore" && return
    branch="$( git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1) /' )"
    test "$branch" != "(master) " && echo "$branch"
} 
PS1="\$(PS1_git_branch)$PS1"

original idea from github guides