I tried using the same changes for my linux boxes on my macbook air and they didn't work, so I googled around and stumbled upon using this instead:
c_cyan=`tput setaf 6`
c_red=`tput setaf 1`
c_green=`tput setaf 2`
c_sgr0=`tput sgr0`
parse_git_branch (){
if git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1
then
gitver=$(git branch 2>/dev/null| sed -n '/^\*/s/^\* //p')
else
return 0
fi
echo -e $gitver
}
branch_color (){
if git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1
then
color=""
if git diff --quiet 2>/dev/null >&2
then
color="${c_green}"
else
color=${c_red}
fi
else
return 0
fi
echo -ne $color
}
#Branch First
#PS1='[\[$(branch_color)\]$(parse_git_branch)\[${c_sgr0}\]] \u@\[${c_red}\]\w\[${c_sgr0}\]: '
#Branch Last
PS1=' \u@\[${c_red}\]\w\[${c_sgr0}\]: [\[$(branch_color)\]$(parse_git_branch)\[${c_sgr0}\]] '
original: http://asemanfar.com/Current-Git-Branch-in-Bash-Prompt