-bash: __git_ps1: command not found

bash shell command git-bash ruby-2.0
Joel Dehlin picture Joel Dehlin · Mar 13, 2013 · Viewed 67.3k times · Source

I tried to install Ruby 2.0. My command line urped and now looks like the following:

-bash: __git_ps1: command not found
[11:58:28][whatever@whatever ~]$

I have not a clue how to get rid of the __git_ps1 command not found error. I've searched my .bash_profile and my .bashrc to see if it's trying to set a variable or something and am not seeing anything. The only place I can find git_ps1 mentioned is in ~/.dotfiles/.bash_prompt. I replace the content of that file completely, logout and log back in and it fixes nothing.

I saw this, but I'm pretty new to command line so I just confused myself.

Any ideas?

Answer

Blake picture Blake · Mar 13, 2013

Run the following:

$ curl -L https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > ~/.bash_git

And add this to the top of your ~/.bashrc:

source ~/.bash_git

Re-login to your shell and you should be set.

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