I encounter with this issue how to make possible to display my GIT branch in the console. I found the answer in ASK UBUNTU: https://askubuntu.com/questions/730754/how-do-i-show-the-git-branch-with-colours-in-bash-prompt Step 1 nano ~/. bashrc Step 2 Add the following code at the end of the line # Show git branch name force_color_prompt = yes color_prompt = yes parse_git_branch () { git branch 2 > / dev / null | sed - e '/^[^*]/d' - e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1)/' } if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then PS1 = '${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[01;31m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\033[00m\]\$ ' else PS1 = '${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w$(parse_git_branch)\$ ' fi unset color_prompt force_color_prompt Step 3 Reload the file source ~/. bashrc