Question

I just found (and have fallen hard for) PowerShell with the posh-git module installed. I’d really like something similar on my Mac. Does such an equivalent exist?

Answer 1

There are certainly ways to get features similar to what posh-git gives you.

For instance, installing bash-completion gives you the ability to <tab> complete Git commands.

Once you install bash-completion, you can add this to your .bash_profile:

PS1='\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\$ '

This will include the current branch name in your prompt:

user@computer-name current-folder (branch-name)$

You can also add the following (found here) to your .bash_profile (before the PS1):

export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true
export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true

This will add flags after the branch name to show the repo’s current state:

user@computer-name current-folder (branch-name *)$ #Repo has modified files
user@computer-name current-folder (branch-name +)$ #Repo has staged files
user@computer-name current-folder (branch-name %)$ #Repo has untracked files

You can also enable Git coloring with the following command:

git config --global color.ui auto