Re: Feature request: highlight local worktree in `worktree list`

From: Matt Hickford <matt.hickford@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 21, 2024, 13:00 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGJzqsmKcmd5+FADnE_T6kHTQXEvBo2=L3MexvQiJqj6OgXHiA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20240320100232.GB2446185@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 10:02, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 08:00:00AM +0000, Matt Hickford wrote:
>
> > Hi. `git branch` lists branches. It highlights the current branch with
> > an asterisk and (for me) the colour green. This is handy for quick
> > reading.
> >
> > `git worktree list` lists worktrees. It would be neat to highlight the
> > local worktree.
> >
> > Another idea: `git branch -v` shows the commit subject and
> > ahead/behind counts for each branch, eg. "[ahead 1, behind 1] avoid
> > RegexReplace". It would be neat for `git worktree list -v` (or
> > similar) to show the commit subject and ahead/behind counts.
>
> I'm not sure if this is a dumb idea or not, but: what if git-branch
> learned to display branches associated with worktrees (just like "-r"
> lists remote branches, etc).
>
> Then you'd get the all of the display niceties you want, along with
> other features like sorting, limiting by merge, etc. You can even show
> the worktree paths with a custom format that uses %(worktreepath).
>
> I think the only thing it wouldn't do is show worktrees that are
> detached from any branch at all. I'm not sure if that's important to
> your workflow or not.

I frequently run `git worktree list` to review my work in each tree. Or to choose an inactive tree for new work. Example output:

E:/product1 ea601b57e (detached HEAD) E:/product2 b255bd1b6 [json] E:/product3 0d7623530 [optimise] E:/product4 7bf8297c7 (detached HEAD) E:/product5 a8f89cabc (detached HEAD) E:/product6 89a022651 [xml]

The more information the better -- highlighting the local workspace, ref names when HEAD is detached:

  E:/product1  ea601b57e (detached HEAD, main)
  E:/product2  b255bd1b6 [json]
  E:/product3  0d7623530 [optimise]
* E:/product4  7bf8297c7 (detached HEAD)
  E:/product5  a8f89cabc (detached HEAD, origin/random)
  E:/product6  89a022651 [xml]

A verbose option with commit subjects and ahead-behind counts:

  E:/product1  ea601b57e (detached HEAD, main)           Articulate splines
  E:/product2  b255bd1b6 [json]                          [ahead 1]
Correct syntax error
  E:/product3  0d7623530 [optimise]                      Optimise algorithm
* E:/product4  7bf8297c7 (detached HEAD)                 Reformat doc
  E:/product5  a8f89cabc (detached HEAD, origin/random)  Seed random generator
  E:/product6  89a022651 [xml]                           Replace with XML