How to get the current branch name in Git ?

How to get the current branch name in Git ?

In this post, we will be learning how to determine or get the name of the current branch in Git.

So, there are several ways to get the name of the current branch in Git:

Method 1: git branch with no arguments displays the Current branch marked with an asterisk (*) in front of it:

Command: 

after typing the above command you will get the following result:

Method 2: We will show the current branch name directly without any argument by using the following command:

Command:

after typing the above command you will get the following result:

Method 3: this is another method of showing that how to find which git branch I am on, so you will get directly the branch name using the following command:

Command: ( Git 2.22 and above )

after typing the above command you will get the following result:

Method 4: how to see what branch you are on.! so you will get your branch name by the following command:

after typing the above command you will get the following result:

Thanks for reading.