function parse_git_branch { ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return echo " @" ${ref#refs/heads/} } function count_git_changes { out=$(git status --porcelain 2> /dev/null) || return git status --porcelain | grep -E "^\ M|\?\?|^ D" | wc -l | awk '{ print " *" $1 " "}' } # \h to add the hostname. PS1="\w\$(parse_git_branch)\$(count_git_changes)\$ "