Get total remote branches in Git

Question

How can I get the total number remote branches in Git?

To get all the remotes branches, I do this statement below, but I cannot get the count/total of these branches. I tried --count, but it didn't work:

  git branch -r

How would I get just the count of these?

From Powershell v3 you can use the Count method on the result array, e.g. `(git branch -r).Count`. In Powershell v7.1 you also have the [Mesure-Object](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/measure-object?view=powershell-7.1) command for detail/control. — Aaron, Dec 22 '20 at 21:02

score 49 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 11 '22 at 20:52

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Something like

 git branch -r | wc -l

using a shell.

wc -l counts the number of line on its input.

edited Apr 11 '22 at 20:52

Peter Mortensen

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answered Dec 05 '14 at 09:30

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 11 '22 at 20:53

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For PowerShell users (after all PowerShell is now also available cross-platform, not only on Windows), these are two commands giving you the remote branch count:

# Works in PowerShell before v3
(git branch -r | measure-object -line).Lines

# Works in PowerShell v3 or later
(git branch -r).Count

edited Apr 11 '22 at 20:53

Peter Mortensen

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answered Feb 05 '22 at 00:22

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good for windows user! thanks. – James Rao Jun 14 '22 at 00:10
Yes. Note though that there is something Powershell Core which you might able to use from other platforms I guess... – Tore Aurstad Jun 17 '22 at 16:08

Get total remote branches in Git

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