How can I display my current git branch name in my PowerShell prompt?

Question

Basically I\'m after this but for PowerShell instead of bash.

I use git on windows through PowerShell. If possible, I\'d like my current branch name to displayed as

Answer 1

From @tamj0rd2's answer we can get the branch name to a string variable like this.

$branch = git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
echo $branch