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Ravi Kumar CH
Ravi Kumar CH

Reputation: 541

finding the name of git branch from remote server

i am trying to find the name of git branch on remote server using a shell script. I put the following command in a script under the bin directory.

git symbolic-ref --short HEAD

When I execute the script using ssh from another machine

ssh -i keyfile.pem user@ipaddress 'bash -s' /path/to/the/script

I get an error

fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Not sure where I am doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 636

Answers (1)

Markus Kasten
Markus Kasten

Reputation: 1170

Your call to git is using the wrong working directory (likely your home directory).

In your script, either cd to the path containing the git directory or specify the -C option with git:

git -C /path/to/git/checkout symbolic-ref --short HEAD

The -C option allows you to overwrite the working directory:

   -C <path>
       Run as if git was started in <path> instead of the current working directory. When
       multiple -C options are given, each subsequent non-absolute -C <path> is interpreted
       relative to the preceding -C <path>.

Upvotes: 3

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