git-active-branch

Get the name of currently active git branch programmatically in Node.js.

Install

npm install git-active-branch

Usage

const gitActiveBranch = require('git-active-branch');
const name = await gitActiveBranch(__dirname); // Data in name is `master` if current branch is master.

API

gitActiveBranch(rootPath)

❯ rootPath

Type: string

Root path of your git repository. For files in the root pass it __dirname. For files two steps down you can pass __dirname/../../.

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• MIT © Ahmad Awais
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