Brian Campbell <brian.p.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > +current_branch() > +{ > + echo "$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's#^refs/heads/##' -e 's#^refs/top-bases/##')" > +} Two micronits. - what happens when you are on a detached HEAD? - You will be utterly confused by a local branch whose name is "refs/top-bases/foo" To fix these, you might want to do something like: if head_=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD) then case "$head_" in refs/heads/*) echo "${head_#refs/heads/}" ;; refs/top-bases/*) echo "${head_#refs/top-bases/}" ;; *) echo "$head_" ;; esac else whatever you want to do on a detached HEAD fi -- 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