__git_ps1 is a command I can run in the BASH shell and it runs no matter which directory it runs from. How can I tell where this batch file is sourced from? I checked all my $PATH folders and it isn’t in any of those.
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__git_ps1 is a command I can run in the BASH shell and it runs no matter which directory it runs from. How can I tell where this batch file is sourced from? I checked all my $PATH folders and it isn’t in any of those.
If the command is actually a stand-alone script in your path, you can use the type command to locate it:
type __git_ps1However, it could be a function or an alias, in which case, the output of the type command won’t be terribly helpful. (Apart from at least letting you know that it’s a function or an alias.)
[Edit]
Just realized this is from git completion, it’s (probably?) defined in /etc/bash_completion.d/git.