Question

Just trying to enchance my knowledge of git and use to tips and tricks,

I updated my .bashrc file as suggested in Tip PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ '
but to my surprise now my git branch command is not working and even if I remove it from .bashrc than also it is not working for me.

Also every time, I use my command prompt I get -bash: __git_ps1: command not found any guidance or suggestions ?

Update : I want to get rid of it now, how can I achieve this ?

Answer 1

Have you enabled the git bash-completion functions? You may find them on your system already, just not enabled.

To work out whether they’re on or not, type gitSpaceTab — If you get a list of files, you don’t have completion, if you get a list of commands, you do (and your prompt should work).

Update: Once you’ve removed the line from your .bashrc, the issues you’ve been experiencing should go away once you’ve restarted your shell. Merely re-sourcing the file won’t help, as it doesn’t un-set the prompt variable (and in any case, that variable did have a value before you overrode it).