Setting up GIT Bash autocompletion

Run the following command:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash > ~/.git-completion.bash

This should create the .git-completion.bash file in your home dir.

Then add the following to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile after PATH:

# Set the base PS1
export PS1="\t: \W$ "

# Source the git bash completion file
if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then
    source ~/.git-completion.bash
    GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true
    GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=true
    GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto"
    PS1='\t:\[\033[32m\]$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\[\033[00m\] \W$ '
fi

export PS1

-bash: __git_ps1: command not found

If you are seeing this error, this is because the __git_ps1 function from the completion functionality was moved into a new file (git-prompt.sh).

You can either source the git-prompt.sh that comes with your installed version of Git, if it has it, or you can download and install a new one.

curl -o ~/.git-prompt.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh

... and add the following line to your ~/.bash_profile:

source ~/.git-prompt.sh

Git status

This will display the branch name next to the folder name in the bash prompt.

Symbols after the branch name indicate additional information about the repo state:

• *: The branch has modifications
• $: There are stashed changes
• =: The branch is equal with the remote branch
• <: The branch is behind the remote branch (can be fast-forwarded)
• >: The branch is ahead of the remote branch (remote branch can be fast-forwarded)
• <>: The branch and remote branch have diverged (will need merge)