Any Git shortcuts for the current branch and the branch it tracks?

Question

I would like to do something like this:

$ git fetch origin
$ git rebase -i origin/a_very_very_very_long_branch_name

Where, my local branch name is as same as a_very_very_very_long_branch_name.

So when I execute this kind of command, I don't want to copy and paste the long branch name again and again.

Are there any shortcuts for the current branch name in Git?

Answer 1

In your particular example, if your branch is tracking the remote branch, you can just do

git fetch
git rebase -i

Without parameters.

In case your branch is not tracking the remote branch, that can be set up by doing

git branch -u origin/a_very_very_very_long_branch_name