Listing branches

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Git provides multiple commands for listing branches. All commands use the function of git branch, which will provide a list of a certain branches, depending on which options are put on the command line. Git will if possible, indicate the currently selected branch with a star next to it

Goal	Command
List local branches	git branch
List local branches verbose	git branch -v
List remote and local branches	git branch -a OR git branch --all
List remote and local branches (verbose)	git branch -av
List remote branches	git branch -r
List remote branches with latest commit	git branch -rv
List merged branches	git branch --merged
List unmerged branches	git branch --no-merged
List branches containing commit	git branch --contains [<commit>]

Notes:

Adding an additional v to -v e.g. $ git branch -avv or $ git branch -vv will print the name of the upstream branch as well.
Branches shown in red color are remote branches

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