diff --git a/types/git-branch/git-branch-tests.ts b/types/git-branch/git-branch-tests.ts
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+++ b/types/git-branch/git-branch-tests.ts
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+import gitBranch = require('git-branch');
+
+gitBranch()
+  .then((name) => {});
+
+gitBranch('cwd')
+  .then((name) => {});
+
+gitBranch.sync();
+gitBranch.sync('cwd');
+
+gitBranch((err, name) => {});
+
+gitBranch('cwd', (err, name) => {});
diff --git a/types/git-branch/index.d.ts b/types/git-branch/index.d.ts
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+++ b/types/git-branch/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for git-branch 2.0
+// Project: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-branch
+// Definitions by: Ryan Clark <https://github.com/rynclark>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+
+export = GitBranch;
+
+declare function GitBranch(cwd?: string): Promise<string>;
+declare function GitBranch(cwd?: string, callback?: (err: null | string, name: string) => void): void;
+declare function GitBranch(callback?: (err: null | string, name: string) => void): void;
+
+declare namespace GitBranch {
+  function sync(cwd?: string): string;
+}
diff --git a/types/git-branch/tsconfig.json b/types/git-branch/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": [
+      "es6"
+    ],
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+    "baseUrl": "../",
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "../"
+    ],
+    "types": [],
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.d.ts",
+    "git-branch-tests.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/types/git-branch/tslint.json b/types/git-branch/tslint.json
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+++ b/types/git-branch/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }