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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2024, 14:38 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqedc5hsse.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20240320100232.GB2446185@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> 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).

A branch usually, but not necessarily, is checked out in at most one worktree, so the display may become a bit more cluttered when more than one checks out the same branch, but it is similar to how a commit pointed at by multiple refs are shown with --decorate, so I do not think it is such a huge deal.

> 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.

If such a mode in "git branch --list" were written, I would imagine that the output from such a mode will include detached HEAD from other worktrees as well. Perhaps something like this?

    $ git branch --list --worktrees
      (HEAD detached from ffa877cd2f, checked out in worktree 'buildtest')
      jch (checked out in worktree 'integration')
      maint
    * master (checked out in the primary worktree)
      next
      seen
      jk/branch-list-with-worktree