How to show git brand name on terminal

Time needed: 2 minutes

In this Article will learn how to show git branch name with color in terminal (ubuntu)

1. Open bashrc file

   Firstly open bashrc file by below cmd.
   gedit ~/.bashrc
2. Comment old color prompt

   In ~/.bashrc file, you will find a code starting with if[“$color_prompt = yes”] and end’s with fi, just comment this like as shown in below screenshot for reference.

3. Add below line of code

   parse_git_branch() {
    git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'
   }
   
   if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ '
   else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ '
   fi
   
   Reference Screenshot
   

4. Final done

   Here is how your terminal shows branch name when you are into git repository project folder, In below screenshot as you can see we can easily get to know on which github branch we are working on(No need to keep on checking git branch -a).