How to Get the Name of a Git Repository

This article illustrated how we could get the name of any Git repository. When we clone a Git repository, it is usually represented as a folder in our local machine.

Hence, the folder should give you an idea of the Git repository’s name. Nonetheless, Git has a few commands that can display the name of a Git repo.

Get the Name of a Git Repository

As we mentioned, a Git repository’s name is usually represented by the root directory of your project. To display the name, you can run the command below.

$ basename `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`

The git rev-parse --show-toplevel part will display the path to the project’s root directory. The basename will remove the first part of the path to give you something like this.

$ basename `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`1~
flask-corona-dark1~

You can also run the command below.

$ basename $(git remote get-url origin)

This is the most efficient and reliable command since it displays the repository name for the remote. Here is an example.

$ basename $(git remote get-url origin)
flask-corona-dark.git

In a nutshell, you can get the name of any Git repository. The root directory usually points to the repository’s name if you had cloned from a remote.

The git remote get-url origin command will display the repository name for your remote.