How do you get the Git repository's name in some Git repository?

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gipcompany picture gipcompany · Mar 30, 2013 · Viewed 203.9k times · Source

When you are working in some Git directory, how can you get the Git repository name in some Git repository? Are there any Git commands?

# I did check out bar repository and working in somewhere 
# under bar directory at this moment such as below.

$ git clone git://github.com/foo/bar.git
$ cd bar/baz/qux/quux/corge/grault # and I am working in here!
$ git xxx # <- ???
bar

Answer

Fuad Saud picture Fuad Saud · Mar 30, 2013

Well, if, for the repository name you mean the Git root directory name (the one that contains the .git directory) you can run this:

basename `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`

The git rev-parse --show-toplevel part gives you the path to that directory and basename strips the first part of the path.

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