How to find origin of a branch in git?

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Say if my project contains two masters (master and master_ios) and I want to see what the origin of a feature branch is (by origin, i mean the branch the feature branch is based off), how would I accomplish this in git?

[Find common ancestor of two branches](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549146/find-common-ancestor-of-two-branches) solves your task — Alex Dvoretsky, Sep 12 '14 at 19:06
The question is not asking to find a common ancestor. Is it? — canbax, Oct 19 '21 at 14:21

score 32 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '14 at 18:58

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git remote show origin

shows remote and local branches with tracking info.

answered Sep 12 '14 at 18:58

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this command only tells me, that my branch is tracked but not its origin. So how is this the answer to the question? – Oct 17 '18 at 20:18
This command asks for a password if not authorized. Not suitable if you just want to get the remote URL. – Darrarski Feb 14 '22 at 11:25

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered May 15 '21 at 21:40

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For people who just want to see all the remote urls

git remote -v

answered May 15 '21 at 21:40

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 17:08

Git does not track what branch a commit was created on and does not track where a branch was branched off from. There is no information in git that you can use answer that question.

source: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Bitbucket-questions/Knowing-from-which-branch-the-current-branch-was-created-from/qaq-p/570135

How to find origin of a branch in git?

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