Add Git Branch in Your Bash Prompt

download the git-prmopt.sh script and save it to your root directory:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh -o ~/.git-prompt.sh

Add the following to your ~/.bash-profile

# Load in the git branch prompt script.
source ~/.git-prompt.sh

Now add \$(__git_ps1) to your prompt declaration (line that starts with PS1).

My declaration looks like this:

**example with colors: **

PS1="\[$BLUE\]\u\[$YELLOW\]\[$YELLOW\]\w\[\033[m\]\[$MAGENTA\]\$(__git_ps1)\[$WHITE\]\$ "