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Old 04-25-2012
[Solved] Help needed to have changing value to the command prompt string variable PS1

Hi,

I am using git bash terminal window to do git operations. I have set the prompt string variable PS1 in the ~/.bashrc file as follows:
Code:
export PS1="[$PWD $(git branch | grep '*') $] "

This is intended to show me the current git branch's name which is active as part of the prompt string. But, the problem is when I do a git checkout command to change to some other branch in the terminal, this variable's value is not getting updated and still showing the old one.

Please help me with your suggestions.

Last edited by royalibrahim; 04-26-2012 at 02:50 AM..
 

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