From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:40:31 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Show the branch type after the branch name for remotes Message-ID: <7vy7qtl0bk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <200611021111.32759.andyparkins@gmail.com> Andy Parkins writes: > Instead of prefixing the remote branches with "remotes/" suffix them with > "[read only]" This is a change in UI and while I understand why you want to say r/o instead of remotes/, I think this needs a bit more thought and discussion. People should not be feeding the output of "git branch" Porcelainish to their scripts, but you'll never know... By the way, does "git branch -r" (without any of your patches) even say "remotes/"?