git symbolic-ref — Read, change, or delete files that store references. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git

Store a reference by a name

git symbolic-ref refs/{{name}} {{ref}}

Store a reference by name, including a message with a reason for the update

git symbolic-ref -m "{{message}}" refs/{{name}} refs/heads/{{branch_name}}

Read a reference by name

git symbolic-ref refs/{{name}}

Delete a reference by name

git symbolic-ref {{[-d|--delete]}} refs/{{name}}

For scripting, hide errors with `--quiet` and use `--short` to simplify ("refs/heads/X" prints as "X")

git symbolic-ref {{[-q|--quiet]}} --short refs/{{name}}