Re: Feature request: highlight local worktree in `worktree list`

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 20, 2024, 10:02 UTC
Message-ID: <20240320100232.GB2446185@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAGJzqsmy9RcWJeFLkZjCrrhv_y5q_R3yYUMhcyafY3jOUJFxOg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 08:00:00AM +0000, Matt Hickford wrote:

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> Hi. `git branch` lists branches. It highlights the current branch with
> an asterisk and (for me) the colour green. This is handy for quick
> reading.
> 
> `git worktree list` lists worktrees. It would be neat to highlight the
> local worktree.
> 
> Another idea: `git branch -v` shows the commit subject and
> ahead/behind counts for each branch, eg. "[ahead 1, behind 1] avoid
> RegexReplace". It would be neat for `git worktree list -v` (or
> similar) to show the commit subject and ahead/behind counts.

I'm not sure if this is a dumb idea or not, but: what if git-branch learned to display branches associated with worktrees (just like "-r" lists remote branches, etc).

Then you'd get the all of the display niceties you want, along with other features like sorting, limiting by merge, etc. You can even show the worktree paths with a custom format that uses %(worktreepath).

I think the only thing it wouldn't do is show worktrees that are detached from any branch at all. I'm not sure if that's important to your workflow or not.

-Peff