Hi Ondra
On 14/11/2023 10:16, Ondra Medek wrote:
Hello,
I am working on a tol which should fetch changes from a remote
repository on a user click. I want to limit fetch on the current
remote tracking branch (something like "origin/master"), but
surprisingly, it's hard to get it for all corner cases like a fresh
clone of an empty repository or detached head, etc. E.g see this SO
thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/171550/find-out-which-remote-branch-a-local-branch-is-tracking/52896538
I think you can do this by calling
git symbolic-ref --quiet HEAD
to get the full refname of the current branch. If HEAD is detached it
will print nothing and exit with exit code 1. Then you can call
git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" $refname
to get the upstream branch
Best Wishes
Phillip
