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Mathieu PATUREL
Mathieu PATUREL

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Programmatically get current git branch

Nice and easy. Works with git 1.6.3 and higher.

$ git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
master
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Rabbi Shuki Gur

You can also use any of the following.

Windows: git branch | findstr \*
Linux: git branch | grep \*

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