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igniteflow / git_python_current_branch.py
Created February 7, 2012 17:33
GitPython get current active branch
"""
Gets the name of the active Git branch as a string.
Depends on GitPython
pip install GitPython
"""
from git import Repo
repo = Repo('/path/to/your/repo')
branch = repo.active_branch