Git Autocomplete & Branches

If you work with Git’s source code control tool, and you’d like to work more like a pro, try this out…

Clone the git repository (https://github.com/git/git) to a folder in your home directory called ‘dev‘. You’ll get two scripts that can be added to your .bash_profile/.bashrc that will enable autocomplete for the commands/branch names, AND you’ll also get a script that can be added to your command line so that if you’re working on the command line in a directory that has a corresponding git repository, it will let you know the status of the branch your working on (ahead/out of sync/behind) and the name of the branch you’re on… Something like:

My CLI shows: [user]@[machineID] [pwd] ([branch_name]):

# Set git autocompletion and PS1 integration
if [ -f ~/dev/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash ]; then
    . ~/dev/git/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
fi

if [ -f ~/dev/git/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh ]; then
    . ~/dev/git/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
fi

if [ -f ~dev/git/contrib/completion/bash_completion ]; then
    . ~dev/git/contrib/completion/bash_completion
fi

MAGENTA="\[\033[0;35m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
BLUE="\[\033[34m\]"
LIGHT_GRAY="\[\033[0;37m\]"
CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"

GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true

export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
export CLICOLOR='Yes'
export LSCOLORS=gxfxbEaEBxxEhEhBaDaCaD

export PS1=$LIGHT_GRAY"\u@\h $GREEN\w"'$(
    if [[ $(__git_ps1) =~ \*\)$ ]]
    # a file has been modified but not added
    then echo "'$YELLOW'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")
    elif [[ $(__git_ps1) =~ \+\)$ ]]
    # a file has been added, but not commited
    then echo "'$MAGENTA'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")
    # the state is clean, changes are commited
    else echo "'$CYAN'"$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")
    fi)'"$GREEN: "

Enjoy your ever so slightly more intelligent command prompt for git!

Tab – autocompletes on the command line for git commands and git branch names

Better command line information for git directories checked out locally.