get current git branch inside a java test

Question

I need to get name of the current Git branch inside a Java test. Probably I can parse git status results. Is any other approach or a ready code snippet is available?

Answer 1

Works fine for me.

public static String getCurrentGitBranch() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD" );
    process.waitFor();

    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader( process.getInputStream() ) );

    return reader.readLine();
}