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Subject: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status of each? Basically the first line of:
$ git status -sb
But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks.
Dennis KaarsemakerRe: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will > allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status > of each? Basically the first line of: > > $ git status -sb > > But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks.
git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after.
-- Dennis Kaarsemaker www.kaarsemaker.net
Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
> On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: >> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will >> allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status >> of each? Basically the first line of: >> >> $ git status -sb >> >> But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks. > > git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after. > -- > Dennis Kaarsemaker > www.kaarsemaker.net >
Nice, I never noticed that -v showed ahead/behind status. Would be nice if branch had a --format option to customize the coloring of the "ahead" / "behind" text so that there was more contrast. It's a lot of information to consume especially with a lot of local branches; coloring would bring some sanity.
Thanks!
Dennis KaarsemakerRe: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker > <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote: > > On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: > >> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will > >> allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status > >> of each? Basically the first line of: > >> > >> $ git status -sb > >> > >> But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after. > > -- > > Dennis Kaarsemaker > > www.kaarsemaker.net > > > > Nice, I never noticed that -v showed ahead/behind status. Would be > nice if branch had a --format option to customize the coloring of the > "ahead" / "behind" text so that there was more contrast. It's a lot of > information to consume especially with a lot of local branches; > coloring would bring some sanity.
Fortunately for you, git for-each-ref lets you do just this. For example, this gives you what branch -vv does, minus coloration and padding:
git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads
-- Dennis Kaarsemaker www.kaarsemaker.net
Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote:
> On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker >> <dennis@kaarsemaker.net> wrote: >> > On do, 2015-05-14 at 09:57 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: >> >> Is there a script or built-in functionality in git 2.4.1 that will >> >> allow me to list all local branches with the ahead and behind status >> >> of each? Basically the first line of: >> >> >> >> $ git status -sb >> >> >> >> But for every branch would be roughly what I'm looking for. Any ideas? Thanks. >> > >> > git branch -v (or -vv) is what you're after. >> > -- >> > Dennis Kaarsemaker >> > www.kaarsemaker.net >> > >> >> Nice, I never noticed that -v showed ahead/behind status. Would be >> nice if branch had a --format option to customize the coloring of the >> "ahead" / "behind" text so that there was more contrast. It's a lot of >> information to consume especially with a lot of local branches; >> coloring would bring some sanity. > > Fortunately for you, git for-each-ref lets you do just this. For > example, this gives you what branch -vv does, minus coloration and > padding: > > git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads
Great idea. For some reason I can't apply coloring though:
for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %C(bold blue)%(upstream:track)%C(reset)' refs/heads
Output:
hotfix/4.2.3.1 %C(bold blue)[ahead 1, behind 1]%C(reset)
Jeff KingRe: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 01:13:15PM -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> > git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads > > Great idea. For some reason I can't apply coloring though: > > for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %C(bold > blue)%(upstream:track)%C(reset)' refs/heads > > Output: > > hotfix/4.2.3.1 %C(bold blue)[ahead 1, behind 1]%C(reset)
It's spelled "%C(bold blue)" in the --pretty formats, but in for-each-ref, it's "%(color:bold blue)". Unifying these is one of those things that has been on the radar for a long time, but nobody has quite gotten around to it.
-Peff
Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 01:13:15PM -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: > >> > git for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %(upstream:short) %(upstream:track) %(subject)' refs/heads >> >> Great idea. For some reason I can't apply coloring though: >> >> for-each-ref --format '%(HEAD) %(refname:short) %C(bold >> blue)%(upstream:track)%C(reset)' refs/heads >> >> Output: >> >> hotfix/4.2.3.1 %C(bold blue)[ahead 1, behind 1]%C(reset) > > It's spelled "%C(bold blue)" in the --pretty formats, but in > for-each-ref, it's "%(color:bold blue)". Unifying these is one of those > things that has been on the radar for a long time, but nobody has quite > gotten around to it. > > -Peff
Thanks Jeff! That definitely fixed it. I was not able to find a reference for this in the git docs, maybe I just overlooked it somewhere.
As a second query, is there a way to do column alignment? For example, I would like the ahead/behind status in one column, and the branch names left aligned in a 2nd column. I can't simply use tabs here since the length of column 1 may differ more greatly than a single tab character.
I imagine there is no built in way to do this, but just curious. I'd probably end up having to write some complicated script :-(
Thanks again you've been super helpful.
Jeff KingRe: Show all branches and ahead/behind states
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 09:25:22AM -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
> > It's spelled "%C(bold blue)" in the --pretty formats, but in > > for-each-ref, it's "%(color:bold blue)". Unifying these is one of those > > things that has been on the radar for a long time, but nobody has quite > > gotten around to it. > > > Thanks Jeff! That definitely fixed it. I was not able to find a > reference for this in the git docs, maybe I just overlooked it > somewhere.
It's in "git help for-each-ref" (see the section on "FIELD NAMES").
> As a second query, is there a way to do column alignment? For example, > I would like the ahead/behind status in one column, and the branch > names left aligned in a 2nd column. I can't simply use tabs here since > the length of column 1 may differ more greatly than a single tab > character.
The "--pretty" format does have "%<" for doing printf-style alignment (see the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of "git help log"). But "for-each-ref" doesn't have any similar facility, as far as I know.
Again, this is something that it would be nice to fix.
-Peff