(Mac) -bash: __git_ps1: command not found

Question

I\'m trying to change my command promt in terminal. I keep getting the error:

-bash: __git_ps1: command not found

I\'ve tried it just by typing

Answer 1

Following worked for me like a charm:

Run following in your Terminal:

curl -L https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh > ~/.bash_git

Open/Create bash_profile:

$ vi ~/.bash_profile

Add following to the file:

source ~/.bash_git
export PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]os \[\033[01;34m\]\w $(__git_ps1 "[%s]")\$\[\033[00m\] '
export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1
export GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto"

Finally, source it using:

$ source ~/.bash_profile

This will solve the problem of bash: __git_ps1: command not found.

Also your prompt will change to "os ". To change "os" to something else, modify "os" string in export PS1 line.