Re: [PATCH v28 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 25, 2026, 10:22 UTC
Message-ID: <20260225102228.95152-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqms0xeqaq.fsf@gitster.g>

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>> So what about this. We add a config option that takes a list of items to
>> compare against. But it _only_ supports @{upstream} and @{push} for now,
>> and interprets them as branch@{upstream} and branch@{push} (but probably
>> done manually, not via dwim_ref). That limitation gets documented.
>
> Sounds like a good way forward.

So if I do these changes, are we ready to merge then?

I worked on this feature for 2 months, and then it got marked as stale instead of being merged. Will this time be different?

Harald

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