Display current git branch in your prompt....

.bashrc

#include this function in the bashrc

function parse_git_branch {
    ref=$(/usr/bin/git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null)
    if [ -z $ref ]; then
        echo "| - |"
    else
    echo "|"${ref#refs/heads/}"|"
    fi
    }
    
# then you can insert the function into your prompt like so:

PS1="\u@\h $(parse_git_branch) :"