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Add fancy stuff to your Git prompt

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Setup default ignores, aliases, colors, completion and bash prompt in Git
These are to be run from Terminal.

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# Ignore Crap
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
touch               "$HOME/.gitignore"
echo '.DS_Store' >> "$HOME/.gitignore"
echo '._*'       >> "$HOME/.gitignore"
echo '.svn'      >> "$HOME/.gitignore"
echo '.hg'       >> "$HOME/.gitignore"

# Shortcuts
git config --global alias.st status
git config --global alias.ci commit
git config --global alias.co checkout
git config --global alias.br branch

# Colors? YES!
git config --global color.ui auto

# Personal Setup
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email your_email@your-domain.com

# Setup Bash Completion
mkdir -p "$HOME/bin"
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"'               >> ~/.bash_profile
cp "$HOME/Downloads/src/git-$GIT_VERSION/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash" ~/bin
echo 'source ~/bin/git-completion.bash'            >> ~/.bash_profile

# Add the current Git Branch to your Bash Prompt
echo "PS1='[\u@\h \w\$(__git_ps1 \" (%s)\")]\\$ '" >> ~/.bash_profile

URL: http://subtlegradient.com/articles/2008/02/21/install_git_leopard

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