Re: Feature Request: add a --current option to git branch

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:08 PM, John Jendro [off-list ref] wrote:

Yes I know this can be done with sed & grep, but --current should be a
standard thing for git branch to have.

I sense you're looking to get the name of the currently checked out
branch, possibly for use in a script. In that case, you may want "git
rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD" or "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name
HEAD" depending upon what you're trying to do.

j.