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Paul Nathan
Paul Nathan

Reputation: 40319

OSX Bash prompt displaying git status

I'm trying to convince my bash prompt to add coloration when my current repo has uncommitted changes of any sort.

git_status() {
    printf "%s : %s" $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) $(git rev-parse --short=10 HEAD)
}

has_changed() {
    if [[ -n `git diff HEAD` ]]; then
        printf " - %s Δ %s"  ${Green} ${Color_Off}
    fi
}

PS1=${Purple}"\w"${Color_Off}" @ \$(git_status) \$(has_changed)\n \$ "

This partially works, but the has_changed function returns escaped characters rather than colors:

~/projects/project @ master : 8675309 - \033[0;32m Δ \033[0m

Version of bash: GNU bash, version 3.2.51(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin13), on OSX Mavericks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 520

Answers (1)

Saucier
Saucier

Reputation: 4370

In order to get the status into your prompt you would need to use the PROMPT_COMMAND environment variable.

PROMPT_COMMAND

If set, the value is interpreted as a command to execute before the printing of each primary prompt ($PS1).

Here is a simple example (tested and works) which you could adapt to your needs:

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne $(if [[ -n `git diff HEAD` ]]; then echo true; fi)'

Also related: What is the difference between PS1 and PROMPT_COMMAND

Upvotes: 1

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