How about an option to git-branch that just prints the name of the current branch for scripts' sake? To replace: git branch --no-color 2>/dev/null | perl -ne '/^[*] (.*)/ && print $1' -- 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