What's with the weird branch in local git?

Question

git

In my local git, the local maser branch somehow looks strange - (master -> origin). What does it mean?

Answer 1

Examine the output of `git branch -a`
I understand this is not pure git output, so I'll assume it's the remote master branch where you copied the repository from. Remote branches can be explored with `git remote -v`

Answer 2

origin/master - master branch on the server