Install Git Completion:
Save the git-completion.bash file in your home directory:
Installation
Open your .bash_profile
nano ~/.bash_profile
Paste the following at the top of the file, make sure not to overwrite any other settings you may have put in the file.
###### GIT COMPLETION - START ######
parse_git_branch() {
git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ \1/'
}
# Colour Variables
BLACK="\[\033[0;30m\]"
BLACKBOLD="\[\033[1;30m\]"
RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
REDBOLD="\[\033[1;31m\]"
GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
GREENBOLD="\[\033[1;32m\]"
YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
YELLOWBOLD="\[\033[1;33m\]"
BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
BLUEBOLD="\[\033[1;34m\]"
PURPLE="\[\033[0;35m\]"
PURPLEBOLD="\[\033[1;35m\]"
CYAN="\[\033[0;36m\]"
CYANBOLD="\[\033[1;36m\]"
WHITE="\[\033[0;37m\]"
WHITEBOLD="\[\033[1;37m\]"
RESETCOLOR="\[\e[00m\]"
LIME_YELLOW=$(tput setaf 190)
POWDER_BLUE=$(tput setaf 153)
# Define the terminal output string: username in path - branch
export PS1="${REDBOLD}\u ${RESETCOLOR}in ${CYANBOLD}\w ${GREEN}-\$(parse_git_branch)${RESETCOLOR} $ "
# Include the git completion file (must be saved in your home directory for this to work)
# Source: https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
if [ -f ~/.git-completion.bash ]; then
. ~/.git-completion.bash
# Add git completion to aliases
__git_complete gco _git_checkout
__git_complete gb _git_branch
__git_complete gc _git_commit
fi
###### GIT COMPLETION - END ######
Reload .bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile