Can a git-controlled file be aware of which branch it belongs to?

Question

Maybe it might be a strange need, but I believe it would be helpful to have something like this:

if($branch$ === \"master) {
   // Special code for the maste         


        

Answer 1

If you need that information in hooks, the usual way is to not rely on a porcelain command, but on plumbing ones:

#!/bin/sh
branch=$(git rev-parse --symbolic --abbrev-ref HEAD)