I'm using tcsh at work (unfortunately, I can't change that fact) and I'm going crazy because I'm not able to make console display current branch name when I'm in git repo.
I found this a while ago:
http://articles.bvsatyaram.com/2010/09/display-git-branch-name-in-console.html
and that's working just perfect in bash, but I didn't manage to make it work in tcsh since it's not that similar.
I would appreciate any type of help.
I gave the following not-so-perfect solution to one of my friends who was stuck in csh, I think it'd work in tcsh as well. It's just an edit of the bash version.
alias GIT_BRANCH_CMD "sh -c 'git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null' | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\(\1)/'"
alias cd 'chdir \!*;set prompt="%{\033[32;40m%}"`whoami`@`hostname`": %{\033[33;40m%}%~%{\033[37;40m%}"`GIT_BRANCH_CMD`"%{\033[32;40m%} >%{\033[0m%} "'
cd ~
Add this to the .cshrc and when you move to a new directory it will show the branch within parentheses. I think this won't work when you change the branch while you're in the directory. As I remember he used some other workaround for that, something like aliasing the dot (.) to change the directory down the tree and up, so it will refresh the branch.
alias GIT_BRANCH_CMD "sh -c 'git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null' | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/\(\1)/'"
alias cd 'chdir \!*;set prompt="%B%n%b@%B%m: %~/%{\033[32;40m%}"`GIT_BRANCH_CMD`"%{\033[0m%}>"'
alias co 'eval "git checkout \!*;cd .;"'
now, use co to checkout branch , it will auto refresh the branch name
You can try:
alias __git_current_branch 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD >& /dev/null && echo "{`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`}"'
alias precmd 'set prompt="%n@%m[%c2]`__git_current_branch` "'
source: https://thrysoee.dk/gittcsh/
