如何在Git中获得分支的远程跟踪分支？

Question

For example, let's say master is tracking origin/master . How can I ask Git to tell me that master is tracking origin/master in a way useful for programs?

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Answer 1

Since you are doing this in a script the best way is to call into the config

git config --get branch.${BRANCH}.remote
git config --get branch.${BRANCH}.merge 

If you are only interested in the currently checked out branch then git provides the special reference @{u} to refer to the current upstream. Just use rev-parse to make sure it's valid before using it.

If you were just typing at the terminal then git branch -vv is the way to go

Answer 2

The simplest way is:

git branch -vv

which returns an output like

* master 5a24820 [origin/master]  commitmsg

If you're running shell scripts and you just want the remote branch:

git branch -vv | grep -oP '\[.+\]'

You could also use the following command:

git remote show origin

which displays information for your remote origin repository.

eg:

Remote branch:
  master tracked   Local branch configured for 'git pull':
  master merges with remote master

The master merges with remote master tells you that origin\\master is being tracked by your master branch. It's not very elegant though.