Get git current branch/tag name

Question

How can I get the current branch or tag name for my working copy? I have seen references that indicate rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD will give branch name, but t

Answer 1

I think you want this:

git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD || git describe --tags --exact-match

That will output the value of HEAD, if it's not detached, or emit the tag name, if it's an exact match. It'll show you an error otherwise.