Add Current Git Branch to Windows PowerShell Prompt

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  1. Run PowerShell.
  2. Type the following to get the profile folder location: echo $PROFILE. NOTE: if you want to make a change beyond just the local user and system, use one of the parameters here.
  3. Create a file in this location, it it doesn’t exist.
  4. In this file, enter the following: 
    
function prompt {
    $branch = git branch --show-current
    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
        "PS $(Get-Location)>"
        return
    }
    "PS $(Get-Location) (git:$branch)"
}
  5. Go to a folder with a git repository, and verify that the current branch is shown.

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