Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 07:53, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> + test "alpha" = "$(git branch | sed -n "/*/s/\* //p")" && >> >> Don't read from "git branch" in scripts; use symbolic-ref on HEAD. > > I think what he wants is: > > git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD Aha! That's a command I've been looking for a number of times. Thanks a lot for the tip. -- David Kågedal -- 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