Open for edit bashrc file gedit ~/.bashrc or `vi` or `nano` or any editor Add to the end(as example) of file # 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 Update bashrc file source ~/.bashrc