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# What was that branch?

**[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A developer shares a function in their ~/.zshrc file that helps them find the branch name in Git when they have multiple branches in their app.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://ryanbigg.com/2024/05/what-was-that-branch>

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