It can be hard to tell. A fig bud is a little more rounded and a growth bud a little more pointed. Also the fig bud tends to be a little off to the side while the growth bud is pretty much in the center of the branch.
The fig bud is the larger bud to the left in this picture. The growth bud is smaller and centered on the branch to the right of the fig bud.

Fignut,
I think mine is rounded on the top. How long would it take before it would get to be that big? How come your fig tree has no leaves?

tangledfedish, There should be two buds if a fig bud is there. The growth bud might be very tiny, but it should be there.
I used the picture above because it shows the two buds before the fig takes shape. But it confusing because the wood supporting the figs is green, not brown. It looks like new wood, but it is old wood, and the figs are actually brebas. Old wood doesn't produce leaves only new growth does. This picture is the same fig (brebas aren't much bigger), but you can see where the new growth (and leaves) start.

so then this looks like just new growth? I didnt know you could get another shoot to grow out of the new wood. I pinched off the top that was pointed.

I am new with figs. One of my figs(no idea what variety) in the pot has sides of the leaf curled up as you can see in the above picture.What could be the reason?

tangledfedish, I apologize, I'm confusing you.
The pointed top that you took off was a growth point that would have produced more growth of the shoot and leaves. I can't tell positively from the above picture what type of bud is showing, but it looks like it might be a fig bud. If it is a fig bud, there should be another bud touching it (paired with it) - a growth bud that will eventually produce a shoot from the new wood.

Fignut,
Its ok. I wasnt sure if you clicked on the link from my first post, to see the photo. So I just pasted the photo on the post this time. I read that you souldnt do that but it seems like a lot of people do... I do not see another bud touching it like what you have posted in your photo. I get a leaf growing out of the new wood and a red bud growing between the new wood and the leaf. (notice under that leaf is another leaf with a red bud also growing between the new wood and the leaf stem.) I never had any figs on this tree and it is 11 yrs. old (at least)! My grandmother had it for 5 years, she then gave it to my mother who also had it for 5 years and last year my mother gave it to me. It has always been planted in the ground not a pot and we all live in the same zone. I'm not sure what kind of fig tree it is. I asked my uncle who gave it to my grandmother and he "thinks" its a Brown Turkey. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a fig! In the mean time I will keep reading about how to care for them. I do enjoy it and the challenge. Thank you!