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# Add the following lines of code to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile

parse_git_branch() {
     git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'
}
export PS1="\u@\h \[\033[32m\]\w\[\033[33m\]\$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\] $ "

This updates your prompt to show the current working directory and Git branch in every terminal (IDE or standalone).

Example prompt showing PWD and Git branch

This has been a life-saver, keeping me from constantly running pwd and git branch.

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