30-seconds-of-code/snippets/current-branch-name.md

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Get the current branch name	branch,beginner

Prints the current branch name.

• Use git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD to print the name of the current branch.

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

git checkout patch-1
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD # Prints `patch-1`