git-tracking - show information about what the current branch is tracking

git-tracking

#!/bin/sh

CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git name-rev --name-only HEAD)
REMOTE_REF=$(git config --get-regexp branch.$CURRENT_BRANCH.merge | cut -d' ' -f 2 | sed -e 's|refs/heads/||');
REMOTE=$(git config --get-regexp branch.$CURRENT_BRANCH.remote | cut -d' ' -f 2);

if [ -z "$1" -o "$1" = 'branch' ]; then
    echo $REMOTE_REF
fi;

if [ "$1" = 'remote' ]; then
    echo $REMOTE
fi;

if [ "$1" = 'full' ]; then
    echo $REMOTE/$REMOTE_REF
fi;

if [ "$1" = 'name' ]; then
    echo $REMOTE:$REMOTE_REF
fi;