Info

Informative prompt in pure Bash script.

Features

• Prompt style: display "➡" symbol instead of "$"
• Git branch: display "⎇ " symbol and current git branch name, or short SHA1 hash when the head is detached
• Git branch: display "+" symbol when current branch is changed but uncommited
• Git branch: display "↑" symbol and the difference in the number of commits when the current branch is ahead of remote (see screenshot)
• Git branch: display "↓" symbol and the difference in the number of commits when the current branch is behind of remote (see screenshot)
• Display "L" for local repositories
• Display python virtualenv
• Color code for the previously failed command
• Display different color for the root user
• Display "(ssh)" for ssh sessions
• Fast execution (no noticeable delay)

Installation

Download the Bash script

And source it in your .bashrc

source ~/.bash-powerline.sh

See also

• bash-git-prompt: An informative and fancy bash prompt for Git users
• oh-my-zsh: zsh framework with lots of themes and plugins