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sethvargo
sethvargo

Reputation: 26997

git ps1 bash not loading on Lion

I have the following in my .bashrc file:

# Git Bash Completion
source "$HOME/.git_completion"
GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1
GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=1

# Prompt
export PS1="\e[0;35m\u@\h\e[m \e[0;34m\w$(__git_ps1):\e[m\r\n"

This should be displaying the git branch at the end of my prompt... but it's not. If I manually source my .bash_profile, it works (my .bash_profile loads .bashrc). If I quit terminal and startup again, the git branch disappears :(.

What is causing this, and how to I fix it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1082

Answers (3)

floverdevel
floverdevel

Reputation: 150

on some system i have seen that the ~/.profile file is loaded automatically instead of ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile maybe that is why it works when you source manually your ~/.bash_profile, because your code should be in ~/.profile.

try to rename ~/.bash_profile into ~/.profile

Upvotes: 0

floverdevel
floverdevel

Reputation: 150

replace $(__git_ps1) with : $(__git_ps1 " (%s)")

Upvotes: 0

shellter
shellter

Reputation: 37258

I don't use git, but I bet the $(__git_ps1) portion of the prompt is being evaluated when PS1 is first set (and doesn't return anything). You need to use single quotes, i.e. PS1='\e....\r\n', then the cmd-substitution will be executed each time the prompt is displayed.

Double quotes allow env-vars and other shell features beginning with '$' to be expanded. Single-quotes prevent expansions. That is the purpose of having the two types of quoting.

See tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/quoting.html

(I've deleted my comments)

I hope this helps.

Upvotes: 4

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