# Show all branches and ahead/behind states 8 messages from 2015-05-14 to 2015-05-15. Participants: Robert Dailey, Dennis Kaarsemaker, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39335 ## Robert Dailey, 2015-05-14 14:57 Subject: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499AyEDNM7mDstFugD0Ah46%3DgAS%3DBRocDmpmOK-1k%2BqMCmw%40mail.gmail.com ``` 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 Kaarsemaker, 2015-05-14 15:55 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: <1431618938.31573.3.camel@kaarsemaker.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1431618938.31573.3.camel%40kaarsemaker.net In-Reply-To: ``` 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 ``` ## Robert Dailey, 2015-05-14 17:18 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499CQTW0J6ms%2BXYUBbyfT6gGKuiFFCiP57i8-eTwng%2BUzNQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1431618938.31573.3.camel@kaarsemaker.net> ``` On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker 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 Kaarsemaker, 2015-05-14 17:29 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: <1431624587.31573.5.camel@kaarsemaker.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1431624587.31573.5.camel%40kaarsemaker.net In-Reply-To: ``` On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker > 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 ``` ## Robert Dailey, 2015-05-14 18:13 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499BoApGJSM_qEKG8cHNOV_pOCyPRqEAXHo8iqYVg1LpGdw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1431624587.31573.5.camel@kaarsemaker.net> ``` On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: > On do, 2015-05-14 at 12:18 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote: >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Kaarsemaker >> 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 King, 2015-05-14 22:38 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: <20150514223827.GB21149@peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150514223827.GB21149%40peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` 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 ``` ## Robert Dailey, 2015-05-15 14:25 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAHd499Am4PFo-YRJEbQfPqtk571f4eNr_gkdy-3ATzyvBcc-jw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20150514223827.GB21149@peff.net> ``` On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Jeff King 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 King, 2015-05-15 16:59 Subject: Re: Show all branches and ahead/behind states Message-ID: <20150515165912.GA26853@peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20150515165912.GA26853%40peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` 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 ```