Re: git branch --current?

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 17, 2010, 15:04 UTC
Message-ID: <fcaeb9bf1003170804s4c9fdbb6id2c045bdb90f8c6f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <76718491003170748h349c5ed0u7649864cc824f549@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/17/10, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
>  <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I use "git branch" when I need to know the current branch. But I have
>  > many branches, looking for the star is "time consuming". I'd rather
>  > have something like pwd, just print the current branch name and that's
>  > all. A bit more information about current branch wouldn't hurt, as
>  > long as the branch name is printed at a fixed location.
>  >
>  > What command do you use to know what branch you are on?
>
>
> Doesn't everyone who's anyone put it in their prompt with the bash
>  completion script? :-)

Me obviously :-) But bash is not the one true shell. I need to use csh sometimes.

>  Well, if not, how about a simple alias:
>
>  pwb = rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

Hmm.. I have alias.pwb = symbolic-ref HEAD. Both solutions are not as good as "git branch", say detached HEAD case.

-- 
Duy