[gitaarik]

I have a dedicated Git tmux tab for every repo I'm working on, in that tab I use a git shell. Initiated by this bash function:

    # A nice shell prompt for inside git repostories
    # Shows a short status of the repository in the prompt
    # Adds an alias `g=git` and makes autocomplete work
    gitprompt() {

        __color_bold_blue='\[$(tput bold)\]\[$(tput setaf 4)\]'
        __color_white='\[$(tput sgr0)\]'

        export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true;
        export GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=true;
        export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true;
        export GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto";
        export GIT_PS1_SHOWCOLORHINTS=true;
        . /usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt;

        local ps1_start="$__color_bold_blue\w"
        local ps1_end="$__color_bold_blue \\$ $__color_white"
        local git_string=" (%s$__color_bold_blue)"

        export PROMPT_COMMAND="__git_ps1 \"$ps1_start\" \"$ps1_end\" \"$git_string\""

        # Short alias for git stuff
        alias g=git

        # Make autocomplete also work fo the `g` alias
        eval $(complete -p git | sed 's/git$/g/g')

    }

So I have this in my `.bashrc` and when I want my bash to get a handy Git prompt I type `gitprompt`.

You do need the file `git-sh-prompt` which should come with git, for me it's located in `/usr/lib/git-core/git-sh-prompt`. It's also available here:

https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/gi...