From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:49:20 GMT
Subject: Re: git branch command is incompatible with bash
Message-ID: <xmqqh9opgtjz.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <55B69E68.90306@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> Try
>
>   branchName=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

Hmm, interesting.

    $ git checkout --orphan notyet
    $ git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
    $ git symbolic-ref --short HEAD