Git How do I list only local branches

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git branch -a shows both remote and local branches   git branch -r shows remote branches   Is there a way to list just the local branches

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Here s how to list local branches that do not have a remote branch in origin with the same name   git branch   sed  s           sort  gt  local git branch -r   sed  s origin       sort  gt  remote comm -23 local remote

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One of the most straightforward ways to do it is  git for-each-ref --format    refname short   refs heads    This works perfectly for scripts as well

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There s a great answer to a post about how to delete local only branches  In it  the fellow builds a command to list out the local branches     git branch -vv   cut -c 3-   awk   3          print  1     The answer has a great explanation about how this command was derived  so I would suggest you go and read that post

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If the leading asterisk is a problem  I pipe the git branch as follows  git branch   awk -F            no branch     print  2     This also eliminates the   no branch   line that shows up when you have detached head

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To complement  gertvdijk s answer - I m adding few screenshots in case it helps someone quick   On my git bash shell      git branch   command without any parameters shows all my local branches  The current branch which is currently checked out is shown in different color  green  along with an asterisk     prefix which is really intuitive     When you try to see all branches including the remote branches using      git branch -a   command then remote branches which aren t checked out yet are shown in red color

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Other way for get a list just local branch is   git branch -a   grep -v  remotes

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git branch -a - All branches   git branch -r - Remote branches only   git branch -l  or git branch - Local branches only

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git show-ref --heads  The answer by  gertvdijk is the most concise and elegant  but I wanted to leave this here because it helped me grasp the idea that refs heads   are equivalent to local branches  Most of the time the refs heads master ref is a file at  git refs heads master that contains a git commit hash that points to the git object that represents the current state of your local master branch  so each file under  git refs heads   represents a local branch

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Just git branch without options  From the manpage   With no arguments  existing branches are listed and the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk

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just the plain command  git branch

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