PS1 line-wrapping with colours problem

Question

Here\'s my PS1 variable:

PS1=\'\\u:\\W$(__git_ps1 \"\\e[32m\\][%s]\\e[0m\\]\")$ \'

Works great for picking up my Git branch, but it has the

Answer 1

Got it, needed to escape the colours properly.

Fix:

PS1='\u:\W$(__git_ps1 "\[\e[32m\][%s]\[\e[0m\]")$ '