# Identifying the branch a clone was cloned from

2 messages from 2010-03-02 to 2010-03-02. Participants: jateeq, Santi Béjar.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22886

## jateeq, 2010-03-02 21:45

Subject: Identifying the branch a clone was cloned from
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Hey guys,

I have a repository with over 10 branches. I clone from branch 2, and some
time after the operation I need to find out what branch in the remote I
cloned from. Anyone know the command for that?

Thank you,
Jawad.
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## Santi Béjar, 2010-03-02 23:15

Subject: Re: Identifying the branch a clone was cloned from
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On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:45 PM, jateeq <jawad_atiq@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey guys,
>
> I have a repository with over 10 branches. I clone from branch 2, and some
> time after the operation I need to find out what branch in the remote I
> cloned from. Anyone know the command for that?

If you mean from which branch you forked a given branch it is
specified in the branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge + some
logic. To get it you can use the branchname@{upstream} syntax (new in
1.7.0) or use this command:

git for-each-ref --format='%(upstream)' refs/heads/branchname

But maybe we can help more if you say what you want to accomplish with
this information and not this specific detail.

HTH,
Santi

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