How can I display the current branch and folder path in terminal?

Question

I\'ve been watching some of the Team Treehouse videos and they have a very nice looking terminal when working with Git.

For example they have (something similar):

Answer 1

Keep it fast, keep it simple

put this in your ~/.bashrc file.

git_stuff() {
  git_branch=$(git branch --show-current 2> /dev/null)
  if [[ $git_branch == "" ]];then
    echo -e ""
  elif [[ $git_branch == *"Nocommit"* ]];then
    echo -e "No commits"
  else
    echo -e "$git_branch"
  fi
}
prompt() {
  PS1="\e[2m$(date +%H:%M:%S.%3N) \e[4m$(git_stuff)\033[0m\n\w$ "
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt

Then source ~/.bashrc