From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:14:58 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] show tracking branches with their associated branch names Message-ID: <7vsjkq5h0i.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1323516226.1698.80.camel@sdesktop> Santhosh Kumar Mani writes: > Of course, I could get this information in different ways. But it makes > sense to have this information displayed by default. It makes sense to make the various information available, but it does not mean it makes sense to add it by default for everybody at all. Given that against all common sense, many newbie web-tips and third-party documents suggest "git branch | sed -ne 's/^\* //p'" as a way to find the current branch in scripts, I am sure such a change will cause trouble to many while only helping a few. I wouldn't mind a new option --verbose-format=... that takes various formatting letters similar to how --pretty=format:... does, though.