git command to emit name of remote tracking branch

Question

I\'d like a command that emits the name of the tracked branch for the branch I\'m on. Something like:

$ git checkout --track -b topic origin/master
Branch t         


        

Answer 1

Will emit the remote being tracked:

git config branch..remote

Will emit the ref being tracked on that remote:

git config branch..merge

I don't believe that there is a combined command that will emit both together (at least within normal Git; you could always make your own).

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For example, for a local master branch:

$ git config branch.master.remote
origin
$ git config branch.master.merge
refs/heads/master