From f77b4eeb772c779678fa801fbc5ee82dea196895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nirenjan <nirenjan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:31:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix prompt for commands over SSH

When executing commands over SSH, such as SCP, the server (tput)
complains that there is no terminal defined. This fix sets the T_*
variables only if the TERM variable is not empty.
---
 bash/bashrc.common | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bash/bashrc.common b/bash/bashrc.common
index 9bbca29..0406513 100644
--- a/bash/bashrc.common
+++ b/bash/bashrc.common
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@ add_to_path() {
 }
 
 # Define the colors used by the prompt
-T_B=$(tput setaf 4) # Blue
-T_G=$(tput setaf 2) # Green
-T_Y=$(tput setaf 3) # Yellow
-T_S=$(tput sgr0)    # Reset
+if [[ ! -z $TERM && "$TERM" != "dumb" ]]
+then
+    T_B=$(tput setaf 4) # Blue
+    T_G=$(tput setaf 2) # Green
+    T_Y=$(tput setaf 3) # Yellow
+    T_S=$(tput sgr0)    # Reset
+else
+    # We've probably been invoked by an SSH command, there's no terminal
+    # to deal with. Don't bother coloring the prompt.
+    T_B=''
+    T_G=''
+    T_Y=''
+    T_S=''
+fi
 
 # Import the Git prompt shell functions. These can be found
 # @github:git/git/contrib/completion/git_prompt.sh