Re: [CLOSED] git checkout <branch> allowed with uncommitted changes

"git-completion" for Bash/ZSH gives such an opportunity I use it

take a look into <git-sources>/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash -- >8 -- # 3) Consider changing your PS1 to also show the current branch: # Bash: PS1='[\u@\h \W$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' # ZSH: PS1='[%n@%m %c$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")]\$ ' # # The argument to __git_ps1 will be displayed only if you # are currently in a git repository. The %s token will be # the name of the current branch. # # In addition, if you set GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE to a nonempty # value, unstaged (*) and staged (+) changes will be shown next # to the branch name. You can configure this per-repository # with the bash.showDirtyState variable, which defaults to true # once GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE is enabled. # # You can also see if currently something is stashed, by setting # GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE to a nonempty value. If something is stashed, # then a '$' will be shown next to the branch name. # # If you would like to see if there're untracked files, then you can # set GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES to a nonempty value. If there're # untracked files, then a '%' will be shown next to the branch name. # # If you would like to see the difference between HEAD and its # upstream, set GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto". A "<" indicates # you are behind, ">" indicates you are ahead, and "<>" # indicates you have diverged. -- >8 -- my .bashrc contains (shortly) PS1='\[\e]0;\w [$(__git_ps1 "%s")]\a\]\n\[\e[32m\]\u@\h' PS1=$PS1' \[\e[33m\]\w\[\e[0m\]\n[$(__git_ps1 "%s")]\n\$'

export PS1 export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1 export GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=1 export GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM="auto"

and console prompt with all possible cases looks like

<username>@<hostname> ~/Git-src.git/contrib/completion [post-receive-email *+$>] $

* - I have unstaged changes
+ - I have staged changes
$ - I have stashed changes (ta-daaa!)

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