Add Git Prompt to WSL Terminal

Suppose you have set up WSL on your computer and installed Git. After cloning your code, you might find your terminal's appearance unhelpful because it doesn't show which branch you're currently on. Here's how my terminal looked before fixing it.

Annoying git terminal

Fixing it

Before diving into the details, note that I used Bash for my WSL, so these steps will only work for those using Bash in their WSL.

Step 1: Install git-prompt.sh

curl -o ~/.git-prompt.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh

Step 2: Tell your .bashrc to execute following script

vim ~/.bashrc

source ~/.git-prompt.sh
PS1='\[\e[32m\]\u@\h \[\e[35m\]\w\[\e[33m\]$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\[\e[0m\] \$ '

Step 3: Reload your .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

And that's it! Here's what my terminal looks like now.

Ideal git terminal