git symbolic-ref

Read, change, or delete files that store references.

• Store a reference by a name:

git symbolic-ref refs/{name} {ref}

• Store a reference by name, including a message with a reason for the update:

git symbolic-ref -m "{message}" refs/{name} refs/heads/{branch_name}

• Read a reference by name:

git symbolic-ref refs/{name}

• Delete a reference by name:

git symbolic-ref --delete refs/{name}

• For scripting, hide errors with `--quiet` and use `--short` to simplify ("refs/heads/X" prints as "X"):

git symbolic-ref --quiet --short refs/{name}

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