I’m looking for inspiration for a custom Bash prompt[1]. I’d love to see yours! 😊 If possible, include both the prompt’s PS1, and a screenshot/example of what it looks like.

References
  1. Type: Documentation. Title: “Bash Reference Manual”. Publisher: Gnu Project. Edition: 5.2. Published: 2022-09-19. Accessed: 2025-03-21T02:46Z. URI: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html.

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  • Mike Wooskey
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    Mine shows the user and host, git commit and branch, docker context and directory, color coded based on status of git:

    [root@server001|G:19e526e@(master)|D:myContext|currentDir] $

    ## PS1 adapted from https://gist.github.com/xenji/2292341
    ps1_generator() {
        # docker context inspect --format '{{ .Name }}'
        Time12h="\T"; Time12a="\@"; ShortHost="\h"; Username="\u";
        PathShort="\W"; PathFull="\w"; NewLine="\n"; Jobs="\j";
        test -f ~/.config/git-prompt.sh || \
            curl -L https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/contrib/compl
    etion/git-prompt.sh \
                 > ~/.config/git-prompt.sh
        source ~/.config/git-prompt.sh
        Color_Off="\[\033[0m\]"; IBlack="\[\033[0;90m\]"; BWhite="\[\03
    3[1;37m\]"; BGreen="\[\033[1;32m\]";
        BIRed="\[\033[1;91m\]"; BIWhite="\[\033[1;97m\]"; BIPurple="\[\
    033[1;95m\]"; BIBlue="\[\033[1;94m\]";
        GIT_PS1='$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
      echo "$(echo `git status` | \grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null
     2>&1; \
      DIRTY="$?"; \
      HEADREV=`git log --pretty=%h -n 1`; \
      echo -n "|G:'${BWhite}'$HEADREV"; \
      if [ "$DIRTY" -eq "0" ]; then \
        # @4 - Clean repository - nothing to commit
        echo "@'${BGreen}'"$(__git_ps1 "(%s)"); \
      else \
        # @5 - Changes to working tree
        echo "'${BIBlue}'@'${BIRed}'"$(__git_ps1 "{%s}"); \
      fi)'${Color_Off}'"; \
    else \
      # @2 - Prompt when not in GIT repo
      echo ""; \
    fi)'
        if docker context inspect >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            DOCKER_PS1='|D:'${BIBlue}'$(docker context inspect --format
     "{{ .Name }}")'${Color_Off}
        fi
        USER_PS1=${BIPurple}${Username}'@'${ShortHost}${Color_Off}
        PATH_PS1='|'${BWhite}${PathShort}${Color_Off}
        export PS1='['${USER_PS1}${GIT_PS1}${DOCKER_PS1}${PATH_PS1}'] $
     '
    }
    ps1_generator && unset -f ps1_generator
    
    • Goun@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      Are you dowloading and sourcing a file from the internet on your prompt? That sounds a bit scary!

        • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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          18 hours ago

          Is this running in your rc (i.e. every single time you open a terminal)? Even if it’s safe, I’d be annoyed by any delay.

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            14 hours ago

            Yeah, its checking if the file exists first, so it’s not doing it all the time.

            My worry is more related to repos takeovers or hacks. This is pretty hidden, so it could be easy to even forget it’s there, probably not the worst, but still…

          • Mike Wooskey
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            16 hours ago

            It is in my .bashrc, but any delay is not noticeable.