From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix+git@007spb.ru>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:31:13 GMT
Subject: Re: Find main branch
Message-ID: <20160114213113.c700484c7e3acddc467d0e75@domain007.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPMsMoDsay7_n53HY6cxHWEtv5vyugxYUZqwi9tU4dKLv6MGBg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:17:48 +0000
pedro rijo <pedrorijo91@gmail.com> wrote:

> If I clone a repo, the repo will be on a specific branch, the 'main'
> (typically 'master') branch.

`git clone` checks out the branch which is pointed by by the HEAD ref in
the source repository.

> Is there any direct command to find that main branch, since that
> information is present?
> 
> If so, is there any way to find it without actually cloning the repo
> (similar to git ls-remote)?

Run `git ls-remote <url>` and, record the SHA1 name of the HEAD ref,
then look that name up in the list of the remaining refs.