general git_cfg to be used around: aliases

color in: tcshell / shell

clone this repository at your home directory (in windows it would be like: c:\users\your_user_id), so that a folder will be available there like (in windows): c:\users\your_user_id\git_cfg

look in your home directory for file .bash_profile, .bashrc or similar, which is run at startup and shall be available after installing git client.

then add this line:

test -f ~/git_cfg/.bash_aliases && . ~/git_cfg/.bash_aliases

look in your home directory for file .bash_profile, .bashrc or similar, which is run at startup and shall be available after installing git client.

(tcshell)
test -f ~/git_cfg/gitprompt.csh && . ~/git_cfg/gitprompt.csh

(shell)
look for this line (if not found, add) 

'
    # uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
    # off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
    # should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
    #force_color_prompt=yes
'

replace lines between
#force_color_prompt=yes  
and:
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

with the content of: gitprompt.sh

• modify .bash_aliases, prompt files as per your needs

• in git bash at home directory use this:

  source ~/.bashrc (or ~/.bashprofile)

inspiration:

https://thucnc.medium.com/how-to-show-current-git-branch-with-colors-in-bash-prompt-380d05a24745

https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x329.html

also, I checked other option using below, but didnt work and was a big change on settings, so stopped:

https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh