[ANN] git-branch-list 0.1 released
- From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jun 25, 2021, 16:21 UTC
- Message-ID
- <60d6027e6cf05_c746208af@natae.notmuch>
The current version of `git branch --list` mostly works, but it's slow and cumbersome. While this could easily be fixed in git itself, every patch that tries to improve the user interface is de facto rejected [1].
An external command `git branch-list` is the solution.
Why is `git branch-list` better?
1. It provides useful information at all verbosity levels 2. It does not clutter the output with unhelpful characters 3. It provides a more consistent output 4. It sorts branches by default 5. It filters branches more conveniently 6. It tracks branches in a simpler way 7. It's way faster
== Verbosity levels ==
At level 0:
* master origin/master
At level 1:
* master [origin/master] The first batch post Git 2.32
What about the tracking information? That's orthogonal in `git branch-list`, and simplified:
% git branch-list -t * master origin/master=
== Performance ==
Using 100 random branches on Linux with random commits over the past decade:
% git branch --list --verbose 21.611 seconds
% git branch-list 0.106 seconds
Grab it from my GitHub repository:
https://github.com/felipec/git-branch-list
Cheers.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/YL8KiiGXF8LdGmQ2@coredump.intra.peff.net/
-- Felipe Contreras