On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:17:48 +0000 pedro rijo <pedrorijo91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I clone a repo, the repo will be on a specific branch, the 'main' > (typically 'master') branch. `git clone` checks out the branch which is pointed by by the HEAD ref in the source repository. > Is there any direct command to find that main branch, since that > information is present? > > If so, is there any way to find it without actually cloning the repo > (similar to git ls-remote)? Run `git ls-remote <url>` and, record the SHA1 name of the HEAD ref, then look that name up in the list of the remaining refs. -- 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