instructions

1. Go to your default ubuntu console by hitting ctrl + alt + T or selecting it from your applications list
2. paste this and hit enter: gedit ~/.bashrc

3. paste the code from the block (below) to the bottom of the now opened ~/.bashrc document on your desktop

   # Git status stuff
   
   # Note: This should be placed in your .bashrc or .bash or .profile or whatever it is you use to control your 
   # terminals appearance.
   
   # Reset
   Color_Off="\[\033[0m\]"       # Text Reset
   
   # Regular Colors
   Black="\[\033[0;30m\]"        # Black
   Red="\[\033[0;31m\]"          # Red
   Green="\[\033[0;32m\]"        # Green
   Yellow="\[\033[0;33m\]"       # Yellow
   Blue="\[\033[0;34m\]"         # Blue
   Purple="\[\033[0;35m\]"       # Purple
   Cyan="\[\033[0;36m\]"         # Cyan
   White="\[\033[0;37m\]"        # White
   
   # Bold
   BBlack="\[\033[1;30m\]"       # Black
   BRed="\[\033[1;31m\]"         # Red
   BGreen="\[\033[1;32m\]"       # Green
   BYellow="\[\033[1;33m\]"      # Yellow
   BBlue="\[\033[1;34m\]"        # Blue
   BPurple="\[\033[1;35m\]"      # Purple
   BCyan="\[\033[1;36m\]"        # Cyan
   BWhite="\[\033[1;37m\]"       # White
   
   Time12h="\T"
   Time12a="\@"
   PathShort="\W"
   PathFull="\w"
   NewLine="\n"
   Jobs="\j"
   Login="${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}$BBlue\u@\h$Color_Off:"
   
   export PS1=$Color_Off$Login$BPurple$PathFull$Color_Off'$(git branch &>/dev/null;\
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then \
     echo "$(echo `git status` | grep "nothing to commit" > /dev/null 2>&1; \
     if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then \
       # @4 - Clean repository - nothing to commit
       echo "'$Green'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
     else \
       # @5 - Changes to working tree
       echo "'$BRed'"$(__git_ps1 " {%s}"); \
     fi) '$Color_Off'\$ "; \
   else \
     # @2 - Prompt when not in GIT repo
     echo " '$Color_Off'\$ "; \
   fi)'

Customisation

Line numbers in the description should be shown in relation to the code file

• You can change text colors in your terminal by replacing the color-namings (where B before a color is Bold) in rule 37 to other values from 9 to 27. Color_OFF resets the current color to the default console color again this is necessary when applying other colors after current color to.
• you can make a short path description (with only current folder instead of the full story) by replacing PathFull from rule 37 to PathShort.
• You can insert the current time using $Time12h or $time12a
• There's a Newline command to! insert it with $NewLine
• Jobs can be viewed as well by inserting $Jobs

Good luck!