PS1 prompt in fish (Friendly Interactive SHell) show git branch

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Alexandre Santos picture Alexandre Santos · Jul 5, 2014 · Viewed 17.9k times · Source

In Bash I have my PS1 as

PS1="\u@\h:\w\$(git branch 2>/dev/null | grep -e '\* ' | sed 's/^..\(.*\)/{\1}/') \$ "

Which will show my current git branch if I am in a git repo.

How do I set the PS1 in fish so it will show me my current git branch?

Answer

Alexandre Santos picture Alexandre Santos · Jul 8, 2014

@glenn already got the answer, but I've found a simpler way of showing the git prompt on fish.

From the terminal, in fish, type fish_config. This will open a browser window. Select the second tab prompt and under there select Classic + Git`.

This will show the commands required to show Git on the terminal prompt. Copy them to your ~/.config/fish/config.fish or even simpler: click on "Use prompt".

How awesome is that?

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