Have you ever forgotten to add a particular file to your commit? Want to know your repository global status without doing a git status? You can configure your prompts to warn you, here’s how.Have you ever forgotten to add a particular file to your commit? Want to know your repository global status without doing a git status? You can configure your prompts to warn you, here’s how.
Go to your .bashrc configuration file. Locate the custom prompt variable definition (PS1), it looks like this:
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
fi
Add the following definitions and include the __git_ps1 variable in PS1:
export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true
export GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=true
export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\[\033[00m\]\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$$(__git_ps1) '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$$(__git_ps1) '
fi
You’re good to go now. Remember you’ll have to restart the terminal to apply the changes. When you are in a git project, you should see the following:
~$ cd Code/qt/gmot
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master)
^^^^^^^ (current branch)
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master) touch foo.txt
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master %)
^^^ (untracked content)
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master %) git add foo.txt
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master +)
^^^ (staged content)
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master +) git commit -m "added foo stuff"
[master 785374e] added foo stuff
1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 foo.txt
~/Code/qt/gmot$ (master)
^^^^^^ (back to normal)