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The command "pacman-mirrors --get-branch" is used in Arch Linux systems to retrieve information about the current branch used by the pacman-mirrors tool.

In Arch Linux, "pacman-mirrors" is a lightweight command-line tool used to update the mirrors' list used by the package manager, Pacman. The mirrors list contains various servers from which packages can be downloaded and installed.

The "--get-branch" option is used to fetch details about the branch currently being used by pacman-mirrors. A branch typically represents a specific set of mirrors that belong to a particular geographic location or have some specific configuration. The branch information is utilized by pacman-mirrors to determine which mirrors to include or exclude in the mirrorlist.

By running the command "pacman-mirrors --get-branch", the user can see the name or identifier of the branch currently being used. This information can be helpful in understanding which mirrors are being selected and accessed by the system's package manager.