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Get the current branch name

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

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

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