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Git: Show current branch name only

Arne Hartherz
October 25, 2012Software engineer at makandra GmbH
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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.

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To show only the branch you are currently on, use:

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
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Posted by Arne Hartherz to makandra dev (2012-10-25 10:02)
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