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Answer by ofspain for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branch -lThis will list all your local branches with your current branch stared and printed in green

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Answer by webninja for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Just the name of the current branch if on a branch, but if detached then print the current commit id:git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD The first part will...

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Answer by Francisco Baralle for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git logThis command will display the commits list with the current branch name at the top.

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Answer by vidur punj for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

write the following command in terminal :git branch | grep \*orgit branch --show-current or on Git 2.22 and above: git branch --show

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Answer by Shakeel for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

A simple hack could begit branch|grep "*"Output:* <current branch>EDIT:Another way to know current branchgit status|head -1On branch <current branch name>

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Answer by casualcoder for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I've been battling with CircleCI and git tags and this is what I ended up with:if [[ -n $(git branch --show-current) ]]; then git branch --show-currentelse git branch -a --contains $(git rev-parse...

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Answer by DARK_C0D3R for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

On Shell, You can do the followinggit branch | grep '*'

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Answer by Prabhu Nandan Kumar for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

There is various way to check the current branch of Git but I prefer :git branch --showEven git branch also shows the current branch name along with all existing branch name list.

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Answer by Rose for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

To get the current branch in git use,git branch --show-current

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Answer by Siddharth Satpathy for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I would try one of the following:1.> git symbolic-ref --short HEADgit symbolic-ref --short HEAD>>> sid-dev2.> git branch --show-currentgit branch --show-current>>> sid-dev3.>...

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Answer by Kirill for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

In case your CI server does not have environment variable with branch name and you have a dockerized build without git binary inside of container, you can just use:cat .git/HEAD | awk -F '/''{print $NF}'

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Answer by manisha sharma for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

You can also see name of current branch in your .git directory of current project.type command in terminal: open .git/HEADoutput file contains the name of current branch ref:...

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Answer by Max for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

As of version 2.22 of git you could just use:git branch --show-currentAs per man page:Print the name of the current branch. In detached HEAD state, nothing is printed.

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Answer by Joseph Lust for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

You can do this with a single grep instruction, using Perl mode and \K to reset the match buffer, so you get only the branch name.$ git branch | grep -oP "^\*\s+\K\S+$"master

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Answer by glisu for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Use git branch --contains HEAD | tail -1 | xargs it also works for "detached HEAD" state.

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Answer by okTalk for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I know this has been answered already, but in the most recent version of Git the command git branch opens a list of your branches in some kind of prompt that you have to quit out of. Which annoys me to...

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Answer by Lawrence Paje for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branch show current branch name only.While git branch will show you all branches and highlight the current one with an asterisk, it can be too cumbersome when working with lots of branches.To show...

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Answer by dgolovin for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

A less noisy version for git status would do the trickgit status -bsunoIt prints out## branch-name

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Answer by jackotonye for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I recommend using any of these two commands.git branch | grep -e "^*" | cut -d'' -f 2ORgit status | sed -n 1p | cut -d'' -f 3OR (more verbose)git status -uno -bs| cut -d'#' -f 3 | cut -d . -f 1| sed -e...

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Answer by Satheesh Kumar for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git status will also give the branch name along with changes.e.g.>git statusOn branch master // <-- branch name here.....

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Answer by Shayan Amani for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Simply, add following lines to your ~/.bash_profile:branch_show() { git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/ (\1)/'}export PS1="\u@\h...

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Answer by user for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Returns either branch name or SHA1 when on detached head:git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | grep -v ^HEAD$ || git rev-parse HEADThis is a short version of @dmaestro12's answer and without tag support.

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Answer by Prateek Gangwal for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

you can use git bash on the working directorycommand is as followgit status -bit will tell you on which branch you are on there are many commands which are useful some of them are -s--shortGive the...

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Answer by mrrusof for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

The following shell command tells you the branch that you are currently in.git branch | grep ^\*When you don't want to type that long command every time you want to know the branch and you are using...

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Answer by Abdennour TOUMI for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Add it to PS1 using Mac : PS1='\W@\u >`[ -d .git ] && git branch | grep ^*|cut -d"" -f2`> $ 'Before running the command above : After running that command : Dont worry, if it is not GIT...

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Answer by Kirill Zhuravlov for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

You can permanently set up your bash output to show your git-branch name. It is very handy when you work with different branches, no need to type $ git status all the time. Github repo...

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Answer by cagney for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Using earlier ideas; assuming sha1 is 40 characters; and chasing references (yea, should delete the debug print lines :-):git reflog | awk '$3 == "checkout:"&& (sha == "" || sha == $1 ) {...

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Answer by ungalcrys for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branch | grep -e "^*" | cut -d'' -f 2will show only the branch name

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Answer by Diego Pino for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I have a simple script called git-cbr (current branch) which prints out the current branch name.#!/bin/bashgit branch | grep -e "^*"I put this script in a custom folder (~/.bin). The folder is in...

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Answer by dmaestro12 for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Sorry this is another command-line answer, but that's what I was looking for when I found this question and many of these answers were helpful. My solution is the following bash shell...

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Answer by Filip Spiridonov for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

One more alternative:git name-rev --name-only HEAD

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Answer by skippy for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I know this is late but on a linux/mac ,from the terminal you can use the following.git status | sed -n 1pExplanation:git status -> gets the working tree statussed -n 1p -> gets the first line...

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Answer by Ryan for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

If you really want the last branch/tag checked out in detached HEAD state as well.git reflog HEAD | grep 'checkout:' | head -1 | rev | cut -d'' -f1 | revUpdateThis is nicer if you have and aren't...

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Answer by karthikr for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Over time, we might have a really long list of branches.While some of the other solutions are great, Here is what I do (simplified from Jacob's answer):git branch | grep \*Now,git statusworks, but only...

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Answer by user3405314 for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

if you run in Jenkins, you can use GIT_BRANCH variable as appears here:https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Git+PluginThe git plugin sets several environment variables you can use in your...

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Answer by Silas Barta for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Found a command line solution of the same length as Oliver Refalo's, using good ol' awk:git branch | awk '/^\*/{print $2}'awk reads that as "do the stuff in {} on lines matching the regex". By default...

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Answer by Stefaan for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

For my own reference (but it might be useful to others) I made an overview of most (basic command line) techniques mentioned in this thread, each applied to several use cases: HEAD is (pointing...

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Answer by Kousha for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git symbolic-ref -q --short HEADI use this in scripts that need the current branch name. It will show you the current short symbolic reference to HEAD, which will be your current branch name.

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Answer by SushiGrass Jacob for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branch | grep "*" | sed "s/* //" | awk '{printf $0}' | pbcopyTo directly copy the result to the pasteboard. Thanks to @olivier-refalo for the start…

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Answer by ShogunPanda for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

What about this?{ git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null } | sed "s#refs/heads/##"

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Answer by Jistanidiot for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

To display only the name of the current branch you're on:git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEADReference: Show just the current branch in Git

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Answer by Saroj for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

In Netbeans, ensure that versioning annotations are enabled (View -> Show VersioningLabels). You can then see the branch name next to project name.http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213582

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Answer by Wernight for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

You have also git symbolic-ref HEAD which displays the full refspec.To show only the branch name in Git v1.8 and later (thank's to Greg for pointing that out):git symbolic-ref --short HEADOn Git v1.7+...

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Answer by Olivier Refalo for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Well simple enough, I got it in a one liner (bash)git branch | sed -n '/\* /s///p'(credit: Limited Atonement)And while I am there, the one liner to get the remote tracking branch (if any)git rev-parse...

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Answer by Jakub Narębski for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Why not use git-aware shell prompt, which would tell you name of current branch? git status also helps.How git-prompt.sh from contrib/ does it (git version 2.3.0), as defined in __git_ps1 helper...

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Answer by roberttdev for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branchshould show all the local branches of your repo. The starred branch is your current branch.To retrieve only the name of the branch you are on:git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEADor with Git 2.22...

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How do I get the current branch name in Git?

How do I get the name of the current branch in Git?

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Answer by ehambright for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

I wanted a single line that I could parse in a Windows CMD shell (most of the answers here use unix commands). Most of the answers also had problems with sparse checkouts and detached heads.git...

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Answer by Niket Singh for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

git branch -a | grep -i "*"

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Answer by Dinuka Kavinda for How do I get the current branch name in Git?

Tried above answers but there is always 'detached HEAD' issue that comes with several commands. This ones works for me so far. It will correctly output the branch name even if the branch name contains...

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