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

git config --global alias.show-upstream '!sh -c '\''

    test -n "$1" || set -- HEAD
    set -- "$(git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name "$1")"
    git for-each-ref --format="%(upstream:short)" "$1"


'\'' -'

git show-upstream
git show-upstream HEAD
git show-upstream some/local/branch