# Enhanced git branch list (proposal) 3 messages from 2012-07-23 to 2012-07-24. Participants: John Bartholomew, Thomas Rast, Phil Hord. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31075 ## John Bartholomew, 2012-07-23 18:17 Subject: Enhanced git branch list (proposal) Message-ID: <500D954B.4090007@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/500D954B.4090007%40gmail.com ``` 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 Regards, John B ``` ## Thomas Rast, 2012-07-23 18:32 Subject: Re: Enhanced git branch list (proposal) Message-ID: <87eho2tjji.fsf@thomas.inf.ethz.ch> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87eho2tjji.fsf%40thomas.inf.ethz.ch In-Reply-To: <500D954B.4090007@gmail.com> ``` John Bartholomew writes: > 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. That is already present: just run git branch -vv. -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch ``` ## Phil Hord, 2012-07-24 16:40 Subject: Re: Enhanced git branch list (proposal) Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CABURp0qcisya1MEL%3D2CMpuERjmpRm%3DPZ_doUurcwa1MQERTATw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <500D954B.4090007@gmail.com> ``` On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:17 PM, John Bartholomew wrote: > > 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 Thanks. You might also find this one interesting: http://masanjin.net/blog/label/git-wtf/ Phil ```