Get the Current Branch Name (Challenge)

Introduction

When working with Git, it's important to know which branch you're currently on. This information can be useful when collaborating with others or when managing multiple branches in your own repository.

Skills Graph

%%%%{init: {'theme':'neutral'}}%%%% flowchart RL git(("`Git`")) -.-> git/BranchManagementGroup(["`Branch Management`"]) git/BranchManagementGroup -.-> git/branch("`Handle Branches`") subgraph Lab Skills git/branch -.-> lab-12633{{"`Get the Current Branch Name (Challenge)`"}} end

Get the Current Branch Name

Write a command that prints the name of the current branch in a Git repository.

Tasks

For this challenge, let's use the repository from https://github.com/labex-labs/git-playground and print the name of the current branch in the Git repository.

This will output:

master

Summary

To print the name of the current branch in a Git repository, use the git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD command. This can be useful when collaborating with others or when managing multiple branches in your own repository.