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copied!<p>I'm trying to change my command promt in terminal. I keep getting the error:</p> <p><code>-bash: __git_ps1: command not found</code></p> <p>I've tried it just by typing it into the terminal as is: <code>__git_ps1</code>. I've also tried it out in the <code>.bash_profile</code></p> <pre><code>if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then source ~/.git-completion.bash export PS1='[\W]$(__git_ps1 "(%s)"): ' fi </code></pre> <p>As you might be able to see/tell, yes, I do have the auto-completion installed and it does work great!</p> <p>I came across this question: " <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10435117/ps1-env-variable-does-not-work-on-mac">PS1 env variable does not work on mac</a> " which gives the code</p> <p><code>alias __git_ps1="git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '*' | sed 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'"</code></p> <p>So I add it to my <code>.bash_profile</code> hoping that it will change something. Well, it did. It just changed the error output.</p> <p>Here's the <code>.bash_profile</code> with the addition:</p> <pre><code>alias __git_ps1="git branch 2>/dev/null | grep '*' | sed 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/'" if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then source ~/.git-completion.bash export PS1='[\W]$(__git_ps1 "(%s)"): ' fi </code></pre> <p>And now here's the changed error output:</p> <p><code>sed: (%s): No such file or directory</code></p> <p><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> I've also moved the alias below the source with no difference. I have <em>git version 1.7.12.1</em></p> <p>This should be a simple change. Can someone please help me?</p> <p><strong>Edit 10/13/12</strong></p> <p>No, I definitely do not want to define __git_ps1 myself but was just trying to see if it would be recognized by doing so. Yes, I have the <code>.git-completion.bash</code> file installed. Here's how I got auto completion on my machine.</p> <pre><code>cd ~ curl -OL https://github.com/git/git/raw/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash mv ~/git.completion.bash ~/.git-completion.bash </code></pre> <p>A <code>ls -la</code> then lists the <code>.git-completion.bash</code> file.</p> <p><strong>Edit 10/13/12 - Solved by <em>Mark Longair</em> (below)</strong></p> <p>The following code worked for me in the <code>.bash_profile</code> while others did not...</p> <pre><code>if [ -f ~/.git-prompt.sh ]; then source ~/.git-prompt.sh export PS1='Geoff[\W]$(__git_ps1 "(%s)"): ' fi </code></pre>

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