Re: Usability issue: "Your branch is up to date"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 3, 2025, 16:56 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh65b2ci3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPpV+OaMcViVKok5U0-4HaYyPMKEA7BBzw4t113uAaMndjs5Cg@mail.gmail.com>

Manuel Quiñones <manuel.por.aca@gmail.com> writes:

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> that can be fetched from the remote. My proposal: Add the timestamp of
> the last fetch to the message. For example:
>
> ```
> $ git switch main
> Switched to branch 'main'
> Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'. Last check was 2 hours ago.
> ```
>
> It looks like the timestamp of file `.git/FETCH_HEAD` would be enough
> to implement it.

Not generally. Your last fetch may not have been about origin/main (e.g., "git fetch origin next"), or it may even have been about a totally different remote (e.g., "git fetch elsewhere").

The timestamp of the last entry of the reflog of origin/main may be a lot better place to look for the information, if available.