Re: Enhanced git branch list (proposal)

>
> I find the output of `git branch' to be quite bare, and would like to
> see more information; most importantly, what the state of the branch
> is in relation to its upstream. For some time I have been using my
> own script to do this. It produces output like this:
>
> $ git lsb
>   commodity-market-lua [behind 'brianetta/commodity-market-lua' by 2
> commits]
>   filesystem [up-to-date with 'jpab/filesystem']
>   fix-ring-blending [ahead of 'jpab/fix-ring-blending' by 1 commit]
>   galaxy-refactor
>   galaxy-refactor-2 [diverged from 'jpab/galaxy-refactor', by 6
> commits/626 commits (us/them)]
>   hud-pitch-ladder [up-to-date with 'jpab/hud-pitch-ladder']
> = issue-1388
>   issue-695
>   lmr-mtllib-improvements
>   marcel-stations
> * master [up-to-date with 'jpab/master']
>   refcounted-body [up-to-date with 'jpab/refcounted-body']
>   string-formatter [up-to-date with 'jpab/string-formatter']
>
> The first column indicates the relation to HEAD: '*' marks the current
> head, '=' marks a branch which is identical with the current HEAD.
>
> Branches which have a configured upstream (branch.remote and
> branch.merge are set) show the relation to the corresponding remote
> branch.
>
> Some key text ('up-to-date', 'ahead', 'behind' or 'diverged', and the
> name of the current HEAD) is displayed with colour if colour is
> enabled.
>
> Arguments can be passed to show remote branches (for all remotes, or
> for a specified remote), or all branches, and to show each branch
> in relation to a specified target branch instead of the configured
> remote tracking branch.
>
> I would like to know whether there is any interest in incorporating
> this functionality into the main git distribution, either as a
> separate command, or within `git branch'. For my purposes I have it
> aliased under the name `git lsb' for `list branches'.
>
> You can examine the script I'm using for this at:
> https://github.com/johnbartholomew/gitvoodoo/blob/master/bin/git-xbranch