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I also find it very helpful to spiff up my prompt when changing into a git repo: http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/02/02/bedazzle-your-bash-prompt-with-g

• graywh 14y ago
  There's a __git_ps1 function that's included with the git bash completion script (edit: it works with zsh, too -- the __git_ps1 function and the completion).
• lobo_tuerto 14y ago
  Tried it, for some reason isn't working on my system. Then found this: http://volnitsky.com/project/git-prompt/ http://volnitsky.com/project/git-prompt/ and I'm loving it!