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Re: Git Feature Request - show current branch

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Feb 19, 2015, 16:21 UTC
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Randall S. Becker venit, vidit, dixit 19.02.2015 14:32:
> git symbolic-ref --short HEAD
That errors out when HEAD is detached.
git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name [--abbrev-ref] HEAD
returns the branch name or HEAD. Though it's a bit difficult to discover.
I guess git 3.0 will have "git branch" and "git branches" :)
Michael
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