From: Lars Hjemli Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:22:01 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add -v and --abbrev options to git-branch Message-ID: <8c5c35580611240722n6590f21av8b58a4e595dcb52e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 11/24/06, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Isn't what git-show-ref is about? Or git-for-each-ref? Yes, there seem to be some overlap in functionality here :-) The thing with git-branch is that it shows me which branch I'm currently on, someting neither git-show-ref nor git-for-each-ref does. And the "starred" branch, combined with hash and commit subject is very useful for me (It reminds me where I am, and where I have been, and what i did there....) Finally, git-for-each-ref is more like plumbing, I wanted someting a little more userfriendly --