Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states

From: Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net>
Date: May 14, 2015, 17:29 UTC
Message-ID: <1431624587.31573.5.camel@kaarsemaker.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499CQTW0J6ms+XYUBbyfT6gGKuiFFCiP57i8-eTwng+UzNQ@mail.gmail.com>

On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:

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> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker
> <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
> > On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> >> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will
> >> allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status
> >> of each? Basically the first line of:
> >>
> >> $ git status -sb
> >>
> >> But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks.
> >
> > git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after.
> > --
> > Dennis Kaarsemaker
> > www.kaarsemaker.net
> >
> 
> Nice, I never noticed that -v showed ahead/behind status. Would be
> nice if branch had a --format option to customize the coloring of the
> "ahead" / "behind" text so that there was more contrast. It's a lot of
> information to consume especially with a lot of local branches;
> coloring would bring some sanity.

Fortunately for you, git for-each-ref lets you do just this. For example, this gives you what branch -vv does, minus coloration and padding:

git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads

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Dennis Kaarsemaker
www.kaarsemaker.net