On 3/17/10, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? :-) Me obviously :-) But bash is not the one true shell. I need to use csh sometimes. > Well, if not, how about a simple alias: > > pwb = rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD Hmm.. I have alias.pwb = symbolic-ref HEAD. Both solutions are not as good as "git branch", say detached HEAD case. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html