Ubuntu – How to have a shell for git like in Windows

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When I use Windows, the shell (even a standard Windows shell) shows basic information about the git repository when you are in a git repository. Things like the active branch and maybe some color coding.

Is there a way to have the same in Ubuntu?

Best Answer

The Windows Git shell, which is really just bash, sets the prompt $PS1 to a long string that includes $(__git_ps1).

__git_ps1 is defined as a function, nearly 100 lines long, that prints the name of the current branch in parentheses.

/etc/profile (which is C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\profile, at least on my system)) invokes /etc/git-completion.bash, which defines the __git_ps1 function, sets $PS1, defines some git-specific completions, among other things.

The git-completion.bash used by Git Bash appears to be based on this.

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