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dacort on June 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A better git log

I also find it very helpful to spiff up my prompt when changing into a git repo:

http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/02/02/bedazzle-your-...

lobo_tuerto on June 19, 2012 | [–]

Tried it, for some reason isn't working on my system.

Then found this: http://volnitsky.com/project/git-prompt/ and I'm loving it!

graywh on June 19, 2012 | [–]

There's a __git_ps1 function that's included with the git bash completion script (edit: it works with zsh, too -- the __git_ps1 function and the completion).

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