diff --git a/PS1 b/PS1
index bb735a1..623aab8 100644
--- a/PS1
+++ b/PS1
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # /etc/profile.d/PS1.sh: executed by Bourne-compatible login shells.
 
 parse_git_branch() {
-    local LBRANCH="$(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -ne 's/* \(.*\)/ \1/p'|tr -d \"[:blank:]\")"
-    local RBRANCH="$( git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref @{u} 2>/dev/null |tr -d \"[:blank:]\" )"
+    local LBRANCH="$(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -ne 's/* \(.*\)/ \1/p'|sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//;s/[[:blank:]]*$//')"
+    local RBRANCH="$( git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref @{u} 2>/dev/null |sed -e 's/^[[:blank:]]*//' )"
     [ -z "${RBRANCH-x}" ] && unset RBRANCH
-    local BRANCH="$LBRANCH ${RBRANCH+->} $RBRANCH"
-    [ -z "${LBRANCH+x}" -o -z "${RBRANCH}" ] || echo "($BRANCH)"
+    local BRANCH="${LBRANCH}${RBRANCH+ -> }${RBRANCH}"
+    [ -z "${LBRANCH+x}" ] || echo "($BRANCH)"
 }
 
 set_label() {