magicmonty/bash-git-prompt

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An informative bash (and fish) prompt that displays git repository status inline, including branch name, ahead/behind counts, staged/changed/untracked files, conflicts, and stash entries. It is a port of the zsh informative git prompt and is configurable via environment variables.

Use cases

• show git branch and status in my bash prompt
• see how many commits I'm ahead or behind the remote at a glance
• display staged and unstaged file counts in the terminal prompt
• show merge conflicts and stash count in my shell prompt
• customize a fancy git-aware prompt for bash
• get git status indicators only when inside a repository

When to choose

• you use bash or fish and want rich git context in your prompt without switching shells or frameworks
• you want a lightweight shell-script solution with no dependencies beyond git
• you need detailed status symbols like ahead/behind, conflicts, and stashes in the prompt

When to avoid

• you use zsh and can use the original zsh-git-prompt or a zsh prompt framework instead
• you want a full prompt framework with themes, powerline rendering, or async prompt updates
• you prefer minimal prompts without git information

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cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools version-control terminal-ui developer-tools version-control cli bash git-prompt shell fish prompt-customization command-line linux macos

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