Re: [RFC PATCH] object-name: add @{upstreamhead} shorthand

> > So I think rather than "branch --show-current-remote", we'd want
> > some option to make "branch --list" show only the currently checked out
> > branch, and then you could apply --format to it to get whatever
> > information you wanted. Something like:
> >
> >   git branch --list --is-head --format='%(upstream:remotename)'
> 
> Thanks for running through this in such detail! This would be more widely
> useful for sure. 
> 
> I'd probably call the flag something like "--current", "--current-only" rather
> than "--is-head" though. "--is-head" sounds as if it would filter --list but
> not necessarily end up with a single entry.