How to configure Git bash prompt by adding datetime?

Question

My msysgit Git bash command-line prompt looks like this right now:

GitUserName@WorkStationName WorkSpacePath (BranchName)

I would like to have a timestamp in front of that line, like HH:mm (hours:minutes).

Does anyone know how I can easily do this?

Answer 1

If by date you mean the current time/date, then this example can help:

 PS1="\n\[\033[35m\]\$(/bin/date)\n\[\033[32m\]\w\n\[\033[1;31m\]\u@\h: \[\033[1;34m\]\$(/usr/bin/tty | /bin/sed -e 's:/dev/::'): \[\033[1;36m\]\$(/bin/ls -1 | /usr/bin/wc -l | /bin/sed 's: ::g') files \[\033[1;33m\]\$(/bin/ls -lah | /bin/grep -m 1 total | /bin/sed 's/total //')b\[\033[0m\] -> \[\033[0m\]"

It uses $(/bin/date) and is a multi-line prompt containing date/time, full path, user and host, active terminal, even file count and space usage.

It illustrates how you could integrate the date in your own git prompt.

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The OP deblendewim comments:

I was also wondering how to change it without running it immediatly in the prompt.
Changed profile-file from:

if test -z "$WINELOADERNOEXEC" then PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w$(__git_ps1)\033[0m\] $ ' else PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ ' 

into

if test -z "$WINELOADERNOEXEC" then PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007 \[\033[36m\]\t \[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w$(__git_ps1)\033[0m\] $ ' else PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007 \[\033[36m\]\t \[\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ '