Get the current branch in Git
This article describes how to use git branchthe command and git symbolic-refthe command to get the branch you are currently working on in git.
Get the current branch
Use git branchthe command to get a list of all branches. The branch name with an asterisk is the current branch.
In the example above, the repository has only one branch, master, and the asterisk indicates that we are currently on masterthe branch.
Another way to get the current branch is to use the command git symbolic-ref --short HEAD. This shows only the current branch. The image below shows that we are on masterthe branch.
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