This assumes that you are located in %USERPROFILE%
(File Explorer), otherwise, init Git bash for Windows shell session at cd ~
: once you are there, touch .bash_profile
via Git the bash session. Following these third-party guidelines (see link) we can customize our PS1 as we want to:
MY_ALIAS="vanillacamp"
export PS1='\e[0;32m$MY_ALIAS@\[\033[35m\]$MSYSTEM \[\033[33m\]\w\[\033[36m\]`__git_ps1`\[\033[0m\]\n$ '
Let's clarify the snippet above:
MY_ALIAS
is a bash variable, that later on will be referred to using a dollar sign as the following:$MY_ALIAS
the
export
keyword makes sure the PS1 will be valid among sessions (system-wise)PS1 variables follow ANSI-escaping standards for colouring and formatting including some special escape sequences such as
\u
for system (admin) username, or relevantthe
$MSYSTEM
is part of MSYS2 toolchain; depending on platform$MSYSTEM
most likely be one of the following values: MINGW32|MINGW64|MSYS
__git_ps1
is part of Git version control that, essentially, provides the current branch as part of your prompt, thus PS1 variable you currently trying to modify
Happy modifying, cheers!
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