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Get the name of the remote tracked branch of my local branch for use in script

Can I programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking?
~~I'm interested in scripting around git-range-diff(1), so that I could do something like this:~~
```gitconfig
[alias]
rd = range-diff master..REMOTE_BRANCH remote1/master..HEAD
```
~~and then be able to run on the command line `git rd` to get a range diff between the remote state of my branch and the local one (represented by HEAD).~~
~~What should I put in REMOTE_BRANCH to make this work?~~

Can I programmatically get the name of the remote branch which my local branch is tracking?
I'm interested in scripting around [git-range-diff][](1), so that I could do something like this:
```ini
[alias]
rd = range-diff master..REMOTE_BRANCH remote1/master..HEAD
```
and then be able to run on the command line `git rd` to get a range diff between the remote state of my branch and the local one (represented by **HEAD**).
What should I put in **REMOTE_BRANCH** to make this work?
[git-range-diff]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-range-diff

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