How do i install bash-git-prompt in Git For Windows bash shell?

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How would I go about installing bash-git-prompt in Git For Windows bash shell?

Docs at https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt make mention of ~/.bashrc which I don't have. I've found bash.bashrc in /etc and bash_profile.sh in /etc/profile.d which I suspect might be relevant.

Git bash already has its own git-prompt.sh which it uses to somehow provide its own git prompt, I suspect I have to somehow disable or replace this git prompt implementation with the one from https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt, but I have no idea how.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Alessia · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-07 01:56:14Z

Step 1:

Find where you install Git, then in directory Git/etc, clone repo bash-git-prompt:

git clone https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt.git

Step 2:

Open file bash.bashrc (in directory Git/etc) using any editor, comment out all the code, add only three lines:

GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
GIT_PROMPT_THEME=Evermeet  # you can choose any theme you like, just select one in Git\etc\.bash-git-prompt\themes 
source /etc/.bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh

Save file, reopen your git bash window, Voila! It's all done~

Problem:

If you find that the symbol in your bash window fails to display, you can solve it by：

right click on the title bar -> Options -> Text -> Font Select -> DejaVu Sans Mono

Ref：Strange character

The font limitation shows up in the default Ubuntu shell on Windows 10 as well but I was able to see the glyph characters by simply using DejaVu Mono https://dejavu-fonts.github.io/. What @scotlynhatt means is download the font on windows, install it and then select it from the font menu for the WSL window (right click on the title bar -> properties -> font).

Trent Milton · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-06 01:22:17Z

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Just make your own .bashrc

touch ~/.bashrc

Then go and edit with your favourite editor.

answered Nov 6, 2017 at 1:22

Trent Milton

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