git rev-parse

Display metadata related to specific revisions.

• Get the commit hash of a branch:

git rev-parse {branch_name}

• Get the current branch name:

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref {HEAD}

• Get the absolute path to the root directory:

git rev-parse --show-toplevel

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