Re: git branch --current?

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On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
<pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use "git branch" when I need to know the current branch. But I have
> many branches, looking for the star is "time consuming". I'd rather
> have something like pwd, just print the current branch name and that's
> all. A bit more information about current branch wouldn't hurt, as
> long as the branch name is printed at a fixed location.
>
> What command do you use to know what branch you are on?

Doesn't everyone who's anyone put it in their prompt with the bash
completion script? :-)

Well, if not, how about a simple alias:

pwb = rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

?

j.
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