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How to Get Current Git Branch Name in Python with Mock Subprocess

Mocks the subprocess call to reliably test the current git branch name retrieval using GitPython.

git gitpython subprocess
Python 
import subprocess
from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
from git import Repo
import os


def get_current_branch(repo_path="."):
    """Get the current branch name of a git repository."""
    repo = Repo(repo_path)
    return repo.active_branch.name


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Mock subprocess to control the…
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