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

From: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2024, 22:24 UTC
Message-ID: <63dda239-1205-4aae-a3b2-10365147751c@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGJzqsmy9RcWJeFLkZjCrrhv_y5q_R3yYUMhcyafY3jOUJFxOg@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 08:00:00 +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.

Both ideas sound good.  And so do what Peff has suggested.

I want to point out that maybe "git branch [--list] -v -v" has gone unnoticed. It does not fully meet the expectations expressed in this thread, but perhaps it can be of some help:

    $ git init -b foo /tmp/main
    Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/main/.git/
    $ cd /tmp/main
    $ git commit --allow-empty -m test
    [foo (root-commit) 87382f1] test
    $ git worktree add ../wt
    Preparing worktree (new branch 'wt')
    HEAD is now at 87382f1 test
    $ git branch --set-upstream-to=wt
    Branch 'foo' set up to track local branch 'wt'.
    $ cd /tmp/wt
    $ git branch -v -v
    + foo 87382f1 (/tmp/main) [wt] test
    * wt  87382f1 test
    $ git commit --allow-empty -m test_2
    [wt df39c54] test_2
    $ git branch -v -v
    + foo 87382f1 (/tmp/main) [wt: behind 1] test
    * wt  df39c54 test_2

"git branch --list" has a much richer machinery than "git worktree list". Perhaps the display machinery of both commands can converge in some way.