Why git branch --show-current ignores -v?

From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 25, 2025, 16:08 UTC
Message-ID: <87h5tev918.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>

Hello,

It looks useful and natural for "git branch --show-current -v[v]" to verbosely describe current branch, similar to what --list does. Is there sound reason why -v is not supported by --show-current?

Thanks, -- Sergey Organov

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