[Yanel-dev] showing git branch in command prompt

[simon]

.xsession-errors
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
/home/simon/.profile: 35: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

line 35 of .profile:
function parse_git_branch () {

maybe it just doesn't like the space before the (.

if i found time and nerves again i will try.

cheers
simon




Am 19.10.2011 14:15, schrieb Michael Wechner:
> Btw, I just tested "restart" on Mac OS X and it works very fine 
> (whereas to be safe I had created another "sudo" account).
>
> @Simon: I guess you are using Ubuntu, right?
>
> The code below should not be specific for Mac OS X. Any pointers to 
> clarify are much appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Michael
>
> Am 19.10.11 13:55, schrieb Michael Wechner:
>> Hi Simon
>>
>> Sorry to hear that you had trouble with the "git console code", but I 
>> think it would be good to figure out
>> what the real problem is that this code seems to cause.
>>
>> Can you post the hints of th" xorg errors"?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> Am 19.10.11 12:17, schrieb simon:
>>> hi all
>>>
>>> after adding this lines to my .profile everything looked good. but 
>>> when i restarted my computer i could not login anymore. it just 
>>> throw me back to the login screen. after searching a solution for 
>>> this problem for a long long time i gave up and installed the system 
>>> new. everything worked fine. after a while i had the same problem 
>>> again. finally i found a hint in the xorg errors which pointed to 
>>> the lines of this script. after removing it i could login again.
>>>
>>> so this f*** lines cost me really a lot of time and nerves.
>>>
>>> hope this helps others to avoid such problems.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> simon
>>>
>>> Am 30.09.2011 14:28, schrieb Michael Wechner:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> A friend of mine pointed out me how to show the git branch in the 
>>>> command prompt:
>>>>
>>>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=show+git+branch+command+prompt
>>>>
>>>> whereas I am currently doing it as follows on a Mac. Add the 
>>>> following lines to /Users/MY_NAME/.profile
>>>>
>>>> function parse_git_branch () {
>>>>        git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ 
>>>> (\1)/'
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> RED="\[\033[0;31m\]"
>>>> YELLOW="\[\033[0;33m\]"
>>>> GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
>>>> NO_COLOUR="\[\033[0m\]"
>>>>
>>>> PS1="$GREEN\u at macbook$NO_COLOUR:\w$YELLOW\$(parse_git_branch)$NO_COLOUR\$ 
>>>> "
>>>>
>>>> and start a new terminal window and then you should see something 
>>>> like:
>>>>
>>>> michaelwechner at macbook:~/src/yanel (master)$
>>>>
>>>> which is more convenient than typing "git branch" ;-)
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>
>>
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