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Getting the default branch of a remote repository
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| # Gets the default branch of a remote repository. | |
| # | |
| # Example: git fetch --prune upstream && && git merge "upstream/$(default_branch upstream)" | |
| function default_branch() { | |
| git remote show "${1:-origin}" | grep 'HEAD branch' | sed 's/ *HEAD branch: //' | |
| } |
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