You might want to try a shell plugin that shows you the current git branch:
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash If you're on Windows with Powershell, posh-git could help: https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git You may also want to set the upstream branches correctly, so you don't have to state remote and branch all the time. With a correct setup, you just need "git pull" and "git push": git branch --set-upstream master upstream/master (from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/520650/how-do-you-make-an-existing-git-branch-track-a-remote-branch) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/9dac4LhfDWUJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.