'git status' alias function that colors the output if 'branch is ahead' or 'branch is behind' upstream repo

git-status-alias.sh

# created by [email protected]
# alias function for 'git status' - colors the 'branch is ahead' or 'branch is behind'
# Add to your .bashrc and then do '$ source ~/.bashrc'
function gs() {
   # Do I have any stashes I didn't know about?
   git stash list | sed -E -e $'s/stash@\{[0-9]+\}/\e[0;31m&\e[0m/'
   if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
      branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u})"
   else branch="$1"
   fi
   # alias gs - colorize part where local repo is behind or ahead of remote HEAD
   git -c color.ui=always status | sed -E -e $'s/branch\ is\ ahead|behind/\e[31m&\e[0m/' -e $'s/branch\ is\ up\ to\ date/\e[0;32m&\e[0m/'
}