git-branch --print-current

From: Karl Chen <quarl@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date: Jan 2, 2009, 03:28 UTC
Message-ID: <quack.20090101T1928.lthzliaqtdf@roar.cs.berkeley.edu>

How about an option to git-branch that just prints the name of the current branch for scripts' sake? To replace:

    git branch --no-color 2>/dev/null | perl -ne '/^[*] (.*)/ && print $1'

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